How Does the Two Slit Experiment Illustrate Quantum Duality?

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mainliner said:
After abit of research is a photon just a form of dark light waves ?

No.

Correctly - its an excitation of the quantum EM field - but whether that leaves you any the wiser is another matter.

The following would be a good place to start:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0473179768/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Thanks
Bill
 
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I mean the photons are nothing but elecromagnetic waves ... Which is a form of light isn't it ?
 
mainliner said:
I mean the photons are nothing but elecromagnetic waves ... Which is a form of light isn't it ?

Its more complex than that and tied up with Quantum Field Theory which is really not a beginner area.

That said the book I mentioned previously makes a fair fist of it.

Thanks
Bill
 
I'll read the book thanks:)

im just trying to get a closer understanding of the building blocks ( quanta ) of gods creation :)its important to me , but i thought i got that through my first post :)q?... Do you fear the possibility of discovering with "ultra sub-atomic quantascopes" that you may find the worlds building blocks of life amount to nothing but space ?

i made the "ultra sub-atomic quantascope" up for those who didn't notice :)
 
mainliner said:
A couple of days ago i stumble across the two slit vid on youtube and entanglement.

before this day i thought quantum physics was just some kind time travel mumbo jumbo ... I am sure you get my level of noobieness from this :)

ok questions if you would be so kind :)
( don't forget the noobieness ).

1: does the proton wave collapse through subconscious observation or mechanic photon detectors?

2: does the quantum entanglement of the photon being in 2 places at the same time mean that the photon can be in all places ... All the time ?

3:does the two slit experiment mean we know light is a wave but when observed it isn't ? And is this called duality ( two realitys ) ?thank you :)
Ps... I struggled answering the e=mc² question when i signed up for this site lol...that's how noobie i am :)
thanks for your help :)
 
mainliner said:
Do you fear the possibility of discovering with "ultra sub-atomic quantascopes" that you may find the worlds building blocks of life amount to nothing but space ?

I don't fear progress.

There have been ideas about that matter is like a knot in space-time - they may be true - or not - who knows - that's what research is for.

Thanks
Bill
 
bhobba said:
I don't fear progress.

There have been ideas about that matter is like a knot in space-time - they may be true - or not - who knows - that's what research is for.

Thanks
Bill
good luck with the research:)

and the " ultra sub-atomic quantascope" :)
 
Is the colours from my tv hitting my eyes in small packets ? ( photons of quanta?
 
Is light shining through glass a simple example of quantum tunnling?
 
mainliner said:
Is light shining through glass a simple example of quantum tunnling?

No.

At the beginner level Feynmans book is the best place to start investigating that one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QED:_The_Strange_Theory_of_Light_and_Matter

Looking at your questions I really think it would be a good idea to read some basic stuff like what I mentioned before doing any more posts - you will get a lot more out of it that way.

Thanks
Bill
 
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Someone said light shining through a glass is a separate phenomena.

im trying to get my head round entanglement first lol

but thanks again :)
 
Iv learned a lot about light in past day or two:)
the frequencys of colours and how the lower the frequency the lower the energy and something to do with Old red distant light :)

very interesting ... Thanks ;)