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Usaf Moji
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According to author John Gribbin, the state vector, or [tex]\Psi[/tex], or "probability waves" (whatever you want to call it) travels at the speed of light:
But all of this still applied only to electromagnetic radiation. The gian leap taken bhy John Cramer was to extend these ideas to the wave equations of quantum mechanics - the Schrodinger equation itself, and the equations describing the probability waves, which travel, like photons, at the speed of light. [p. 235, Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality - a very good book, btw]
My question is, how do we know [tex]\Psi[/tex] travels at the speed of light?
I had a look at John Cramer's article (see http://www.npl.washington.edu/npl/int_rep/tiqm/TI_toc.html [Broken]) but couldn't find any clues there.
But all of this still applied only to electromagnetic radiation. The gian leap taken bhy John Cramer was to extend these ideas to the wave equations of quantum mechanics - the Schrodinger equation itself, and the equations describing the probability waves, which travel, like photons, at the speed of light. [p. 235, Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality - a very good book, btw]
My question is, how do we know [tex]\Psi[/tex] travels at the speed of light?
I had a look at John Cramer's article (see http://www.npl.washington.edu/npl/int_rep/tiqm/TI_toc.html [Broken]) but couldn't find any clues there.
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