Wave Nature of Electrons

Wave Nature of Electrons

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Education

Tags:

• refraction
• Electrons
• waves
• physics
• quantum

[MrDavidBradfield]

Looks like pokemon

[KurtLennon12]

Mindblowing!!!!!

[sharemyhobby]

omg electrons dont have brains duuh, couldnt have been a fair test

[inrdog8]

It is weird!!!!!

[Aviatorsmith]

@47saeed @bot06 The location of any particle can be described with a wavefunction which gives the probability of where they can be located. In the case of an electron, the wavefunction coincides with both slits and thus *could* go through both at the same time. If you weren't looking at the experiment, you would guess that the electron could have gone through either slits and that is what is happening. That's how the wave part of the electron behaviour occurs.

[Aviatorsmith]

@chocolatyblink00 What do you not understand about the experiment?

[chocolatyblink00]

=/ can anyone please explain to me the second experiment? =/ electrons passing throught the slits?

[bot06]

@47saeed Well speaking of this experiment, when we observer each slit, how many eletrons are passing through it, the electrons starts to behave as particles. Of course this observing means some kind of interaction with the electrons. But it is still surprising that they behave as particles. Just merly observing them changes their state.

Electron position is know in this experiment. We dont know an electron position inside an atom but once it outside, we know where is is heading.

[47saeed]

@bot06 I think the electrons act like a wave; the electron can be at different position or positions with varying probability. Once the position is detected it can only be in the position observed, hence acts like a particle. A photon is a particle. I am not a physicist, so I could be talking complete rubbish.

[bot06]

@47saeed your comments make sense. Observer here means a measuring device which actually interfere in the path of the eletron beam/or its wave. I was confused about this for ever. But stil it is confusing why the electrons behave as particles when *observered" and phontons when not observer (not obstructed).