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rohanprabhu
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'Electron Waves' is something I heard of in my 9th or 10th standard, and fooled around in 12th standard. But the thing is, I never really understood what a 'Matter wave' was.. because none of the textbooks ever say anything about it. There are two things I can make of it:
i] An electron follows a path like that of a wave.. as in, it's position about an axis oscillates, while it's distance from another axis perpendicular to it increases with a rate equivalent to the 'wave velocity'. Although this can be understood easily, it just doesn't explain electron diffraction for me [maybe.. somebody else could explain it to me].
ii] The properties of an 'electron' vary. As in, there is an electron, and at a distance, the electron's properties, as in, it's mass, it's charge all vary as a spatial function. However, this is also attractive enough, it doesn't quite satisfy the quantisation of charge. Nor does it explain to me as to how these properties vary, as in, what is the 'disturbance' that propagates throughout space.
iii] I am wrong in both these ideas and it's something else...
any help is appreciated.
regards,
rohan
i] An electron follows a path like that of a wave.. as in, it's position about an axis oscillates, while it's distance from another axis perpendicular to it increases with a rate equivalent to the 'wave velocity'. Although this can be understood easily, it just doesn't explain electron diffraction for me [maybe.. somebody else could explain it to me].
ii] The properties of an 'electron' vary. As in, there is an electron, and at a distance, the electron's properties, as in, it's mass, it's charge all vary as a spatial function. However, this is also attractive enough, it doesn't quite satisfy the quantisation of charge. Nor does it explain to me as to how these properties vary, as in, what is the 'disturbance' that propagates throughout space.
iii] I am wrong in both these ideas and it's something else...
any help is appreciated.
regards,
rohan