Why is it that particles in the same segment are IN PHASE thouse they have different amplitudes? do they have the same velocity as well?
2006-09-02 18:26:51 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Being in phase means that they go up and down at the same time, but they don't have to go up and down the same amount (this is amplitude). The particles are NOT moving up and down at the same velocity since for a particle to move up or down at the same time as another particle, but go up or down further, it must move faster.
2006-09-02 18:58:54 · answer #1 · answered by PhysicsDude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
energy is carried in a transverse wave..the energy moves forward but the particles just move up and down
2006-09-03 01:33:41 · answer #2 · answered by wizard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That cannot be known because of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
2006-09-03 01:33:50 · answer #3 · answered by S.A.M. Gunner 7212 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋