NON-DUALITY
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You are probably familiar that things around us are composed of LOTS tiny discrete particles such as atoms , electrons , protons an neutrons.
More atoms in body than starts in the universe.
You also may be aware that energy, such as light or sound, comes in waves, rather than particles.
Waves spread out and they flow through space as well.
Well quantum mechanics was born when it discovered in the early years of the 20th century that PARTICLES can behave like WAVES, and LIGHT Waves can behave light PARTICLES.
This is the basis of the electron microscope that allows scientists and doctors to see this too small for an optical microscope, such as viruses that cause AIDS and the common cold.
Wavelength associated with electrons is much shorter than than visible light, it can provide a finer detail. Debroglie Matter Waves (wavelength = h/p)
Need a wavelength shorter than object measured... Think of water waves a meter long washing up against pebbles on the shore. You would need much shorter wavelengths like a ripple tank (like science class) to see the pebble by way of the waves bounce off or diffract around it.You are probably familiar that things around us are composed of LOTS tiny discrete particles such as atoms , electrons , protons an neutrons.
More atoms in body than starts in the universe.
More atoms in body than starts in the universe.
You also may be aware that energy, such as light or sound, comes in waves, rather than particles.
Waves spread out and they flow through space as well.
Well quantum mechanics was born when it discovered in the early years of the 20th century that PARTICLES can behave like WAVES, and LIGHT Waves can behave light PARTICLES.
This is the basis of the electron microscope that allows scientists and doctors to see this too small for an optical microscope, such as viruses that cause AIDS and the common cold.
Wavelength associated with electrons is much shorter than than visible light, it can provide a finer detail. Debroglie Matter Waves (wavelength = h/p)
Need a wavelength shorter than object measured... Think of water waves a meter long washing up against pebbles on the shore. You would need much shorter wavelengths like a ripple tank (like science class) to see the pebble by way of the waves bounce off or diffract around it.You are probably familiar that things around us are composed of LOTS tiny discrete particles such as atoms , electrons , protons an neutrons.
More atoms in body than starts in the universe.
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You also may be aware that energy, such as light or sound, comes in waves, rather than particles.
Waves spread out and they flow through space as well.
Well quantum mechanics was born when it discovered in the early years of the 20th century that PARTICLES can behave like WAVES, and LIGHT Waves can behave light PARTICLES.
This is the basis of the electron microscope that allows scientists and doctors to see this too small for an optical microscope, such as viruses that cause AIDS and the common cold.
Wavelength associated with electrons is much shorter than than visible light, it can provide a finer detail.
Debroglie Matter Waves (wavelength = h/p)
Need a wavelength shorter than object measured... Think of water waves a meter long washing up against pebbles on the shore. You would need much shorter wavelengths like a ripple tank (like science class) to see the pebble by way of the waves bounce off or diffract around it.
Waves spread out and they flow through space as well.
Well quantum mechanics was born when it discovered in the early years of the 20th century that PARTICLES can behave like WAVES, and LIGHT Waves can behave light PARTICLES.
This is the basis of the electron microscope that allows scientists and doctors to see this too small for an optical microscope, such as viruses that cause AIDS and the common cold.
Wavelength associated with electrons is much shorter than than visible light, it can provide a finer detail.
Debroglie Matter Waves (wavelength = h/p)
Need a wavelength shorter than object measured... Think of water waves a meter long washing up against pebbles on the shore. You would need much shorter wavelengths like a ripple tank (like science class) to see the pebble by way of the waves bounce off or diffract around it.
1) It was found that electrons and protons (and all matter), were not simply little rigid bits of matter, but they obey a WAVE equation known as the Schrodinger equation. This idea is the..
First quantization: Particles behave like waves
2) Electromagnetic waves and other waves can behave like particles and have particle like names photons and phonons.
Second quantization: waves behave like particles
Its not a question of whether light or electrons are particles or waves, it is that we do not have a vocabulary to decribe something that can be both... except in quantum physics.
Quantum wave is not a physical wave, it does not carry any energy. It is not even a property of a beam of photons, its a property of ONE PHOTON! Nonlocal Waves in Potentia/Consciousness
Quite how these ideas link up is one of the main themes in quantum field theory which sees the underlying reality behind both waves and particles as a quantum field.
First quantization: Particles behave like waves
2) Electromagnetic waves and other waves can behave like particles and have particle like names photons and phonons.
Second quantization: waves behave like particles
Its not a question of whether light or electrons are particles or waves, it is that we do not have a vocabulary to decribe something that can be both... except in quantum physics.
Quantum wave is not a physical wave, it does not carry any energy. It is not even a property of a beam of photons, its a property of ONE PHOTON! Nonlocal Waves in Potentia/Consciousness
Quite how these ideas link up is one of the main themes in quantum field theory which sees the underlying reality behind both waves and particles as a quantum field.
Main Ingredients of QM are 2-fold
1) Evolution of Quantum System encoded by Schrodinger Equation/Wavefunctions
2) Measurement of the Quantum System by a Conscious Observer 'collapsing' it into one of its possible states.
Schrodinger Equation
Wave Particle Duality - Double Slit Experiment
We can measure system in spread out in space and time to determine Energy/Momentum - Wavelike (Full trajectory of arrow)
We can measure position at a particular time - Particle-like (Still Frame of Arrow)
1) Evolution of Quantum System encoded by Schrodinger Equation/Wavefunctions
2) Measurement of the Quantum System by a Conscious Observer 'collapsing' it into one of its possible states.
Schrodinger Equation
Wave Particle Duality - Double Slit Experiment
We can measure system in spread out in space and time to determine Energy/Momentum - Wavelike (Full trajectory of arrow)
We can measure position at a particular time - Particle-like (Still Frame of Arrow)
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The double slit experiment is absolutely impossible to explain in any classical way and has in it the heart of quantum mechanics.
In reality, it contains the only mystery."
- Richard Feynman
A lot can be learned conceptually about Quantum Mechanics from the double slit actual experiment and Schrondinger's Cat thought experiment. All the central mysteries of quantum mechanics lurk in these two examples, such as the wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle, superposition, entanglement, and the measurement problem. If you deeply understand this experiment, even conceptually, you'll be on firm ground in understanding how quantum mechanics confirms the non-dual nature of the Universe
In reality, it contains the only mystery."
- Richard Feynman
A lot can be learned conceptually about Quantum Mechanics from the double slit actual experiment and Schrondinger's Cat thought experiment. All the central mysteries of quantum mechanics lurk in these two examples, such as the wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle, superposition, entanglement, and the measurement problem. If you deeply understand this experiment, even conceptually, you'll be on firm ground in understanding how quantum mechanics confirms the non-dual nature of the Universe
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The Central Mystery of Quantum Mechanics
A gun (obeying classical physics) sprays bullets towards a target. Before they reach the target, they must pass through a screen with two slits. If bullets go through the slits they will most likely land directly behind the slit, but if they come in at a slight angle, they will land slightly to the sides. The resulting pattern is a map of the likelihood of a bullet landing at each point.
A gun (obeying classical physics) sprays bullets towards a target. Before they reach the target, they must pass through a screen with two slits. If bullets go through the slits they will most likely land directly behind the slit, but if they come in at a slight angle, they will land slightly to the sides. The resulting pattern is a map of the likelihood of a bullet landing at each point.
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The above two-slit pattern happens to be simply the sum of the patterns for each slit considered separately: if half the bullets were fired with only the left slit open and then half were fired with just the right slit open, the result would be the same.
With waves, however, the result is very different, because of interference. If the slits were opened one at a time, the pattern would resemble that for bullets: two distinct peaks. But when both slits are open, the waves pass through both slits at once and interfere with each other: where they are in phase they reinforce each other; where they are out of phase they cancel each other out.
With waves, however, the result is very different, because of interference. If the slits were opened one at a time, the pattern would resemble that for bullets: two distinct peaks. But when both slits are open, the waves pass through both slits at once and interfere with each other: where they are in phase they reinforce each other; where they are out of phase they cancel each other out.
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Now the quantum paradox:
Electrons, like bullets, strike the target one at a time. Yet, like waves, they create an interference pattern.
Electrons, like bullets, strike the target one at a time. Yet, like waves, they create an interference pattern.
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If each electron passes individually through one slit, with what does it “interfere?” Although each electron arrives at the target at a single place and time, it seems that each has passed through – or somehow felt the presence of both slits at once. Thus, the electron is understood in terms of a wave-particle duality.
The wave-particle duality is the central mystery of quantum mechanics–the one to which all others can ultimately be reduced.
The wave-particle duality is the central mystery of quantum mechanics–the one to which all others can ultimately be reduced.