Well, classical mechanics is not the best way to think about it--an electron, a point particle "drilling" through a barrier.
I'm sure you are able to think of an electron orbiting a proton not like the moon orbits the Earth but instead as an electron "cloud."
If we are observing a...
Thanks. Will look into it.
Let's try a different tack.
Back in the day, before my time, even, there was this theory called the Steady State Theory. It was believed that the detectable universe existed forever and would continue to exist forever. Then Edwin Hubble discovered that galaxies...
Zeal,
I don't see how quantum tunneling would be a violation of the law of conservation of energy. The energy of the mass of the electron doesn't change from one position to another. If energy is required to accomplish the quantum tunneling, then I would imagine that the energy is taken from...
I just read a book by Mlodinow on randomness. Good read. Sorry can't view youtube vids at work, but if the same vid is on google videos I can usually get to it through the firewall here at work.
That's where I'm confused. If they only exist in mathematical equations and not in reality then it's no big deal. But if as these web sites claim they do pop into existence from literally nothing and are literally real and not just used to solve maths equations then I have quite a few questions...
Thanks. I read the post.
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Have you ever seen the ventriloquist Jeff Dunham and his dummy Peanut? You know that Doppler effect sound Peanut makes when he waves his hand over his head? "Eeeeeyoooow!"
Can you dumb it down for me a bit?
This is a question that...
Greetings all, I'm new here.
I've looked through some of the topics on virtual particles and I'm still a little confused.
In Philosophy, you don't get something from nothing. In physics, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Yet many on web pages about physics a claim is being made that...