Scientists make models which explain measurable things, then test them.pittsburghjoe said:Does Duality serve any other purpose than preventing investigators from fully understanding the framework of our reality?
no it doesnt. the results are well understood using statistics.It doesn't exist? Did I miss a memo somewhere? Doesn't the double slit experiment prove that it does?
... what do you mean by "purpose"? You keep using vague terms in non-standard contexts you can pseudoprove anything.I'm asking to go deeper than "cause, that's just the way it is". Lots of things have a purpose, maybe this magical particle-wave has one other than driving scientist crazy for the last 100 years.
nonsense... scientists are allowed to do any measurement they like... this is how scientific theories get support, or are disproved.pittsburghjoe said:They are not allowed to measure ..that's the problem.
... get it peer reviewed and published first, and you won't get scolded.I have a theory, but I'm scolded on this site whenever I mention it.
Apparently so - the notion of wave-particle duality was abandoned when the modern mathematical form of quantum mechanics was discovered in the 1920s. You won't find it in any textbook written in the past half-century or more, except perhaps as a historical footnote.pittsburghjoe said:It doesn't exist? Did I miss a memo somewhere?
No, as that experiment is also consistent with the modern formalism.Doesn't the double slit experiment prove that it does?
The way to do that is to work your through a serious textbook and learn what quantum mechanics really is.I'm asking to go deeper than "cause, that's just the way it is".
The concept of duality refers to the idea that particles can exist as both waves and particles simultaneously. While this is a fundamental principle in quantum mechanics, there is still debate among scientists about whether particles can exist without duality. Some theories, such as the pilot-wave theory, propose that particles can exist solely as particles without a wave component. However, this is still a topic of ongoing research and there is no definitive answer at this time.
The evidence for particles existing with duality comes from various experiments in quantum mechanics. One of the most famous is the double-slit experiment, which showed that particles can exhibit wave-like behavior, such as interference patterns, when passing through two slits. Additionally, the photoelectric effect and the behavior of particles in particle accelerators also support the concept of duality.
No, particles cannot exist as pure waves. This is because particles have mass and momentum, which are properties of particles that cannot be explained by waves alone. However, particles can exhibit wave-like behavior in certain situations, leading to the concept of duality.
The uncertainty principle, proposed by Werner Heisenberg, states that the more accurately we know the position of a particle, the less accurately we can know its momentum, and vice versa. This principle is closely related to the concept of duality, as particles can exist as both waves and particles simultaneously. The uncertainty principle helps to explain why we cannot know both the wave and particle properties of a particle at the same time.
No, there is no way to observe particles without changing their behavior. This is due to the inherent nature of particles in quantum mechanics, where the act of observation itself affects the behavior of the particle. This is known as the observer effect and is a fundamental aspect of quantum mechanics that cannot be avoided.