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nebuqalia
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Hi everyone,
This is my first post in this forum. I was encouraged by the active discussions and thought I might get some help with my struggle in QM .
First of all, I'm self-studying the topic. I have no formal, nor complete understanding (even remotely!) of QM. I'm just starting my baby steps . If this forum is devoted for advanced topics, please tell me where can I ask some basic questions.
I'm having a hard time understanding the wave nature of particles. Specifically, I'm struggling with the wave nature of electrons around an atom. I have read that one of the basic postualtes of QM is the deBroglie's wavelength associated with all particles.
As I understand it, all waves are simply disturbances of some kind that move as a function of time. As an example, waves through water are disturbances of the position of water molecules. Now, my question, what are the disturbances of the wave associated with a particle? In other words, it's a wave of "..what.."?
Thanks everyone.
-nebuqalia
This is my first post in this forum. I was encouraged by the active discussions and thought I might get some help with my struggle in QM .
First of all, I'm self-studying the topic. I have no formal, nor complete understanding (even remotely!) of QM. I'm just starting my baby steps . If this forum is devoted for advanced topics, please tell me where can I ask some basic questions.
I'm having a hard time understanding the wave nature of particles. Specifically, I'm struggling with the wave nature of electrons around an atom. I have read that one of the basic postualtes of QM is the deBroglie's wavelength associated with all particles.
As I understand it, all waves are simply disturbances of some kind that move as a function of time. As an example, waves through water are disturbances of the position of water molecules. Now, my question, what are the disturbances of the wave associated with a particle? In other words, it's a wave of "..what.."?
Thanks everyone.
-nebuqalia