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6: Matter as a Wave

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  • 6.1: From Light to Electrons
    Light is weird in that it possesses both wave and particle properties. But why should this "duality" only exist for light? Is it possible that matter also exhibits this strange behavior?
  • 6.2: Interpreting Matter Waves
    Okay, so we now know that particles of matter like electrons also behave like waves. The hard part is interpreting what these matter waves are physically.


This page titled 6: Matter as a Wave is shared under a CC BY-SA license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Tom Weideman.

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