Does this explain why electrons can act as both particles and waves?
2007-06-15 05:19:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Bekki B... I don't like to just accept things (at least in physics). I want to understand them.
2007-06-15 11:31:34 · update #1
Any object with mass also has a wavelength, but this wavelength decreases as the mass increases. As a result, subatomic particles such as electrons have detectable wave (and quantum) characteristics, but large objects such as ourselves do not. And shorter wavelengths mean higher energies, consistent with the mass-energy formula E=mc^2.
2007-06-15 05:35:21 · answer #1 · answered by hznfrst 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A string is a mathematical construct with no connection to reality.
In my Fractal Foam Model of Universes, the smallest constituents of matter are tiny regions of the ether foam in which the bubbles are significantly larger or smaller than average. Those regions propagate thru the foam in a manner analogous to the distortion you see when you pass a weak lens across a sheet of graph paper.
2007-06-15 13:57:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Electrons (and all little things) obey quantum mechanics. Sometimes we visualize them as particles. Sometimes as waves. In fact they are neither. I wouldn't get wrapped up in trying to fit their behavior to your intuition. They do what they do. Learn to describe it mathematically. Live with it.
2007-06-15 12:27:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Matter appears to be made from strings.
2007-06-15 12:23:05 · answer #4 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋