This discussion clarifies that all elementary particles, regardless of mass, adhere to the principles of quantum mechanics (QM). The key argument presented is that large mass does not inherently negate QM effects; rather, it is the number of degrees of freedom that leads to rapid decoherence, making quantum behaviors negligible. The conversation emphasizes that elementary particles, by definition, possess few degrees of freedom, thus they do not escape the probabilistic rules of QM. Therefore, massive elementary particles still conform to quantum principles, including wave-particle duality.
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Large mass by itself is not a reason to neglect QM effects. The QM effects are often negligible for large objects not because they have a large mass, but because they have a large number of degrees of freedom (i.e. consist of many elementary particles). Namely, larger number of degrees of freedom implies faster decoherence, which is why quantum effects become negligible very fast. On the other hand, you ask about massive elementary particles, and "elementary" implies that they do not have a large number of degrees of freedom. Hence the answer to your question is - no.rasp said:I understand photons and elections fit into the probalistic rules of QM. Are there any other elementary particles (more massive) that don’t obey the point/wave duality?