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Light waves and Schrödinger probability waves
Ok, bearing in mind that I only have a brief understanding of quantum mechanics (no formal education, only from reading about concepts in books), so I could be way off here, I have a question ...
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Young's experiment or why the light can't be described as a particle [closed]
Who hasn't heard about the double-slit experiment? It figures in any book of quantum physics. But there is something no one can explain to me: I understand why the light cannot be described only as a ...
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Properties of the photon: Electric and Magnetic field components
Consider an electromagnetic wave of frequency $\nu$ interacting with a stationary charge placed at point $x$. My question concerns the consistency of two equally valid quantum-mechanical descriptions ...
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