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Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6
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Is quantum a wave or a particle?
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Davorin Vlahovic
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: [ot] Quantum of Solace |
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On 2008-11-09, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
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Quantum of what?
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Vahis
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 5:28 pm Post subject: Re: [ot] Quantum of Solace |
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On 2008-11-09, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
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Is quantum a wave or a particle?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanta |
"In physics, a quantum (plural: quanta) is an indivisible entity of a
quantity that has the same units as the Planck constant and is related
to both energy and momentum of elementary particles of matter (called
fermions) and of photons and other bosons."
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Unruh
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:56 pm Post subject: Re: [ot] Quantum of Solace |
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Vahis <waxborg@gmail.com.invalid> writes:
| Quote: | On 2008-11-09, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
Is quantum a wave or a particle?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanta
"In physics, a quantum (plural: quanta) is an indivisible entity of a
quantity that has the same units as the Planck constant and is related
to both energy and momentum of elementary particles of matter (called
fermions) and of photons and other bosons."
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Wow. What a garbled definition.
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Stefan Patric
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:15 am Post subject: Re: [ot] Quantum of Solace |
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On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:15:59 +0800, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
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Neither. Basically, it is a unit of quantity or measure.
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Vahis
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:41 am Post subject: Re: [ot] Quantum of Solace |
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Unruh wrote:
| Quote: | Vahis <waxborg@gmail.com.invalid> writes:
On 2008-11-09, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
Is quantum a wave or a particle?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanta
"In physics, a quantum (plural: quanta) is an indivisible entity of a
quantity that has the same units as the Planck constant and is related
to both energy and momentum of elementary particles of matter (called
fermions) and of photons and other bosons."
Wow. What a garbled definition.
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I didn't understand any of it...
But I'm sure it's good movie :)
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Unruh
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:50 am Post subject: Re: [ot] Quantum of Solace |
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Stefan Patric <not@thisaddress.com> writes:
| Quote: | On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:15:59 +0800, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
Is quantum a wave or a particle?
Neither. Basically, it is a unit of quantity or measure.
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In classical physics various quantities ( energy, momentum, andular
momentum,...) could be found in continuous amounts. In quantum mechanics in
certian situations, these quantities can come in discrete amounts. The
energy of an electron in an atom for example can occur only in certain
discrete values. They are not neccisarily equally spaced, but are discrete.
In other situations they can take continous values. That discreteness is
called "coming in quanta" and this has been taken over into popular
language as defining an irreducible piece of something. Thus quantum of
solace would say that Solace comes in discrete pieces, and this is one of
them.
The theory which predicts this behaviour of matter is called quantum
mechanics. The conflict between continuity and discreteness is often called
the wave (continuous) particle (discreteness) duality.
So, quantum is closer to discrete, and thus would be closer to particle. |
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John Hasler
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:58 am Post subject: Re: [ot] Quantum of Solace |
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Vahis writes:
| Quote: | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanta
"In physics, a quantum (plural: quanta) is an indivisible entity of a
quantity that has the same units as the Planck constant and is related
to both energy and momentum of elementary particles of matter (called
fermions) and of photons and other bosons."
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Bill Unruh writes:
| Quote: | Wow. What a garbled definition.
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Now that you know about it I'm sure you will correct it.
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Unruh
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:35 am Post subject: Re: [ot] Quantum of Solace |
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John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> writes:
| Quote: | Vahis writes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanta
"In physics, a quantum (plural: quanta) is an indivisible entity of a
quantity that has the same units as the Planck constant and is related
to both energy and momentum of elementary particles of matter (called
fermions) and of photons and other bosons."
Bill Unruh writes:
Wow. What a garbled definition.
Now that you know about it I'm sure you will correct it.
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I am afraid not. That whole article needs to be rewritten, not just the
first paragraph, and I do not
have the time for it-- I have my research papers to write first.
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