Matter waves are a central part of the theory of quantum mechanics, being half of wave–particle duality. At all scales where measurements have been practical...
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multiversal takeover. However, an anti-matter wave then threatens Earth-3, and despite the Syndicate attempting to halt the wave, it destroys the world. Quick...
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radio, acoustic, surface water waves, gravity waves, or matter waves as well as in loudspeakers as electrical waves. The word interference is derived...
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could be thought of as being a standing wave and that electrons and all matter could be considered as waves. He merged the idea of thinking about them...
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A matter wave clock is a type of clock whose principle of operation makes use of the apparent wavelike properties of matter. Matter waves were first proposed...
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Diffraction (section Matter wave diffraction)
radio waves. Furthermore, quantum mechanics also demonstrates that matter possesses wave-like properties and, therefore, undergoes diffraction (which is...
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Tidal wave, a scientifically incorrect name for a tsunami Tollmien–Schlichting wave, in fluid dynamics Wind wave Bloch's theorem Matter wave Pilot wave theory...
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particles such as photons, or other energy phenomena or waves such as light or heat.: 21 Matter exists in various states (also known as phases). These...
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Schrödinger equation (redirect from Schrödinger Wave Equation)
Schrödinger based on a postulate of Louis de Broglie that all matter has an associated matter wave. The equation predicted bound states of the atom in agreement...
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associated matter wave which evolves according to the Schrödinger equation. Each particle follows a deterministic trajectory, which is guided by the wave function;...
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Dispersion relation (section Plane waves in vacuum)
water) or by interaction of the waves with the transmitting medium. Elementary particles, considered as matter waves, have a nontrivial dispersion relation...
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Electromagnetic radiation (redirect from Electromagnetic wave)
Electromagnetic waves of different frequency are called by different names since they have different sources and effects on matter. In order of increasing...
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interferometer uses the wave-like nature of atoms in order to produce interference. In atom interferometers, the roles of matter and light are reversed...
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Double-slit experiment (category Wave mechanics)
experiment demonstrates that light and matter can satisfy the seemingly incongruous classical definitions for both waves and particles. This ambiguity is considered...
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principle) Matter, like light, exhibits a wave-particle duality. An experiment can demonstrate the particle-like properties of matter, or its wave-like properties;...
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medical imaging. Matter waves and acoustic waves can also be considered forms of radiative energy, and recently gravitational waves have been associated...
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the wave nature of electrons and suggested that all matter has wave properties. This concept is known as the de Broglie hypothesis, an example of wave–particle...
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with distance. When a shock wave passes through matter, energy is preserved but entropy increases. This change in the matter's properties manifests itself...
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Coherence (physics) (redirect from Wave coherence)
Radio waves and microwaves Light waves (optics) Matter waves associated with, for examples, electrons and atoms In system with macroscopic waves, one can...
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are infrared light, which also give off heat. Continuous wave theories of light and matter cannot explain the black-body radiation curve. Planck spread...
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frequency multiplied by the Planck constant, and the wavelength of a matter wave equals the Planck constant divided by the associated particle momentum...
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What is dark matter? How was it generated? (more unsolved problems in physics) In astronomy, dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter that does not...
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In physics, a mechanical wave is a wave that is an oscillation of matter, and therefore transfers energy through a material medium. (Vacuum is, from classical...
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In physics, a wave packet (also known as a wave train or wave group) is a short burst of localized wave action that travels as a unit, outlined by an...
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compelling". In 2006 they successfully transferred a qubit from light to a matter wave and back into light, again using Bose–Einstein condensates. Details of...
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formulated for X-rays, but it also applies to all types of matter waves including neutron and electron waves if there are a large number of atoms, as well as visible...
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mechanics. Faraday waves are used as a liquid-based template for directed assembly of microscale materials including soft matter, rigid bodies, biological...
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Soliton (redirect from Soliton wave)
skyrmion in condensed matter physics, and cosmic strings and domain walls in cosmology. In 1834, John Scott Russell describes his wave of translation. The...
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gravitational-wave detector (used in a gravitational-wave observatory) is any device designed to measure tiny distortions of spacetime called gravitational waves....
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Anti-Monitor then released a massive anti-matter wave, absorbing the energies of the destroyed positive matter universes to grow in strength, and employed...
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