Duality Definition and 270 Threads

Phonons are said to be the result of the quantization of crystal waves.Let the function u=u_0 e^{i(\vec{k}\cdot\vec{r}-\omega t)} describe such a wave. Is it right to say that if we assume u to be the quantum mechanical wave function of a particle, that particle is a phonon? Thanks

I was curious about two things. I just started reading Feynman's QED book this week. He starts by using an analogy of a clock spinning and that determines the direction (which I think is being analogous to the amplitude of the frequency?) My first question is, as a layperson, what causes...

Hi everyone, today I had a thought coming across my mind when I woke up, and I think it might be an explanation for the particle-wave duality. Now, when we are talking about a particle, one thing that has to be mentioned is the uncertainty principle. If you divide space into equal volumes for...

Why is it difficult (counter intuitive) to imagine an entity (like an electron) that is a particle and a wave? I have seen in many texts/lectures that it is counter intuitive to imagine this sort of thing but I don't understand why. I have this image in my head that seems to make pretty good...

Is there a (theoretical) partial or total inconsistency in QFT's postulate/premise/description of elementary particles as dimensionless, point-like objects with respect to the wave-particle duality nature of QM? This is in the sense that such description is *only* particle-like. Clearly, even...

Recently been thinking about the double slit experiment, and Schrodinger's cat thought experiment. And realized that quantum mechanics only applies to the atomic, and subatomic level of the universe as far as we know. And what's more that I realized that gravity does not play any significant...

I'm trying to go over some vector analysis using forms & kind of noticed what look like random vector identities are more appropriately thought of, to me at least, as differential analogues of the classical integral theorems in the way Maxwell's equations can be cast in differential & integral...

Hi, I am new to this forum, and to physics in general. I have been reading the basics of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics but am yet to learn the mathematical side. I am just trying to wrap my head around particle-wave duality and specifically, the wave quantifying of elementary...

I posted this question in an another forum but I didn't receive any answers, so I'll post it here again: Do all the fundamental particles in the Standard Model (61 fundamental particles) exhibit wave-particle duality? From my understanding, a photon acts more like a wave than it does a...

I haven't studied physics, but I've had this thought in my head lately and I want to get it out. I'm hoping someone here can either help me understand this or set me straight if I'm on the wrong track. I've been mulling over wave particle duality in my head, and I realized that Einstein sort of...

Do all masses show wave particle duality at near about speed of light?

I'm having trouble understanding the arguments in http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9510209 They propose that M-theory on the orbifold R^9 \times S^1 \times S^1 / Z_2(1) yields Type I' on R^9 \times S^1, wheras M-theory on R^9 \times S^1 / Z_2 \times S^1(2) is E_8 \times E_8 on R^9 \times S^1. What...

My initial understanding of the double-slit experiment was that the resulting interference pattern demonstrated that particles such as electrons behaved like a wave. However, if one of the slits was covered, then they reverted to their particle-like nature. However, the single-slit experiment...

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What quantity measured in the Compton effect experiment shows the wave- particle duality of light? the momentum shows the wave particle duality of light. is this true? The Compton Effect is An increase in wavelength of X-rays or gamma rays that occurs when they are scattered.

Hi there -- I've just started looking at the topic of dualities in quantum field theory, and I've hit the wall right at the beginning! Looking at the classic Olive-Montonen paper (from 1977), they show how we get elementary quanta of photon, higgs and heavy gauge boson from the Georgi-Glashow...

I really don't understand particle wave duality whatsoever. Please explain it to me, as I am very interested. Thanks, Joe

I was thinking about wave particle duality, and it's always made out to seem so mysterious and paradoxical. But then it occurred to me that it might just be the same thing as mass energy equivalence, as waves are just energy and particles are 'mass'. Is this right or am I missing something?

For a given entity, what is the convention for determining whether it behaves as a wave or as a particle? I know that we generally treat neutrons as waves when they travel faster than .2c, but is there an "absolute" way of determining this for a general particle, or is there a wave-threshold...

Hello everyone! There's a point I didn't get in Rudin's theorem 1.11 that says: Suppose S is an ordered set with the LUB property, and B $\subset$ S, B is not empty and B is bounded below. Let L be the set of lower bounds of B. Then a = sup L exists in S, and a - inf B. In particular inf B...

Can somebody check if I answer them right? Write the dual of the following boolean expressions: 1.x’(y+ z’)+z = x'+(yz')+z 2.x(y+ z)’y’ = x+(y'z')+y' 3.xy+ y’z’+xz = (x+y)(y+z)'(x+z)

can wave particle duality be viewed at macroscopic scale...?? ok so far we have discussed the wave particle duality in case of electrons of-course at microscopic level through the 1) interference phenomenon showing its wave behavior 2)photoelectric effect discussing its particle...

Please bear with me as I have been reading about quantum physics and, not being a physicist, I have some questions regarding the nature of wave-particle duality. First of all, according to the special theory of relativity a particle with a rest mass would need infinite energy to accelerate to...

I was having a discussion on some other forums about this. Here is the conversation Person 1: Here is my favorite hit off a quick google search for an equation intensive look at QM: http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/~greensit/book.pdf Starting with De Broglie wavelength since it's the most fun...

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Homework Statement Weak Duality Theorem. If x ε ℝn is feasible for P and x ε ℝm is feasible for D, then cTx ≤ yTAx ≤ bTy. Thus, if P is unbounded, then D is necessarily infeasible, and if D is unbounded, then P is necessarily infeasible. Moreover, if cTx = bTy with x feasible for P and y...

Hello all, Assume we have an optimization problem and that strong duality holds. Will it also hold for another optimization problem obtained from the initial by a bijective coordinates transform? Thank you in advance.

explanation of duality theory ? relativity phenomenon is largely based on the duality principle . the davisson and germer experiment proved the wave nature of electrons . however i wish to understand the cause of it .

Okay, so after a little research I think I have a fairly good understanding of wave particle duality. A wave function is just a wave of probability. You don't know where the particle will be until you measure it. Until then, the particle will be in superposition. While it is in superposition, it...

I'm not sure if this question is something that has been asked before or if i thought about it myself or if it's completely ridiculous! But I was thinking, if, according to String Theory, particles are 1-dimensional strings that go through modes of oscillation, could they describe how a...

This is what's happening: (space after "-demonstrates wave particle duality") This is the surrounding code: \begin{multicols}{2} \section*{\centerline{Classical Experiment}} \begin{singlespace*} \begin{itemize*} \item demonstrates particle/wave duality \end{itemize*}...

What is electromagnetic duality for Maxwell's equations in free space without sources? Is this symmetry valid when there are conventional sources? If not, what hypothetical additional sources are needed to restore duality symmetry?

If a photon can be observed as a wave or a particle, and that observation decides whether it is in fact a wave or a particle, what happens when to observers observe the same particle differently? Is it both? Is reality different for each observer?

If a linear Program (P) has a feasible solution x_{o}, ( x_{o} not necessarily optimal),does it follow that there exists a feasible solution to the dual problem (D) as well? If yes, why? I know that the Strong Duality Theorem guarantees an optimal finite solution to the dual problem if the...

hi, i am in year 13 of school, so i would appreciate it if any responses to this question weren't too far over my head. saying that i have a fairly decent back ground knowledge of some of these ideas. so, we have learned about the whole lead up to deciding photons etc. are not waves or...

(A disclaimer: I'm not an expert, having genuine confusion) There is a high concentration of introductory material on wave-particle duality that claims that the uncertainty principle manifests itself identically to the behavior of waves in the macro world. This however appears to be in direct...

This has got to be theorized before, and google is failing me. So someone point me in the direction of the Theory I am looking for. I am not over speculating, I am trying to find the name of a similar theory. When I doing some Feynman reading I started getting some off topic ideas, so I took a...

No-one is suggesting that this is exactly the same as the wave-particle duality that exists at the quantum scale (e.g. non-locality) but I thought these papers looking at the behaviour of “walking droplets” that can be seen at the macroscale were very interesting: Quantum mechanics writ...

Is there a possibility that light can be a particle and wave at the same time? If so then there is the proof that there exists a physical manifestation of 4D space.

I am currently studying wave-particle duality. However, at the moment I do not see how the Bohr Model is connected to this topic. I know that the Bohr Model failed to recognise various aspects of the atom and that it works only for single atoms e.g. Hydrogen, but what did it fail to do when it...

Homework Statement At what Kinetic energy will a particle's debroglie wavelength equal its Compton Wavelength Homework Equations DeBroglie λ = h/mv Compton λ = h/mc The Attempt at a Solution Setting the two equations equal to each other, I got v = c, then said KE = (1/2)mc^2...

Is Ads/CFT correspondance the same as gauge /gravity duality?

Say I have a primal LOP K and a dual LOP D If D is bounded, which means it is feasible, does that mean P is also bounded? Because if P is unbounded, then D is infeasible Likewise if D is unbounded, P is infeasible So D is bounded, P is feasible? Make sense?

Homework Statement Consider the following LOP P: Max z = 3x_1 + x_2 -\frac{1}{2}x_3 s.t. 2x_1 + x_2 + x_3 \leq 8 4x_1 + x_2 - x_3 \leq 10 x_1, x_2, x_3 \geq 0 1) Find a primal solution x and its objective value z = z(x) 2) What is the LOP D that is Dual to P? 3) Find a dual feasible...

I was originally taught (and believed) that all matter was neither a wave nor a particle but in fact exhibited properties of both. However after reading QED (by Feynman) and The Cosmic Code (I forget who wrote that), both seemed to say (Feynman directly and The Cosmic Code more subtlety) that...

Are there simple analogues of AdS/CFT duality that are understandable without any knowledge of string theory?

Hello again! So this time I have a few questions about the wave nature of the electron. So I've read that an electron can behave both as a wave and as a particle. My questions are regarding the electron as a wave. 1) When does the electron behave as a wave? Is it a transverse or longitudinal...

Or is it really a duality - or just an another way for human kind to percieve things...?

Ballentine mentioned in "The Statistical Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics" published in 1970 in the Review of Modern Physics the following which allegedly showed that the wave-like behavior of a particle if some kind of illusion (now after 40 years, are there no experiments that can refute...

1. How do we know EM radiation is a wave? Also, how do we know that the magnetic wave is exactly orthogonal to the electronic wave? 2. In the into to A Brief History of Time, SH says that wave-particle duality refutes determinism. How is that conclusion made?