detectability of waves
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detectability of waves
to which size did Professor Lavelle say that the waves are detectable? Was it 10^-18 or 16?
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Re: detectability of waves
He said that for the class we will say that 10^-18 is detectable, but on tests we will have obvious answers when asked whether a wave is detectable, such as 10^-8 of 10^24.
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Re: detectability of waves
I had understood it was at x10^-12 m as that was the wavelength of an electron in an atom, however I'm not entirely certain
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Re: detectability of waves
Anything less than 10^-18 does not have any measurable wave like properties. Everything does have wave like properties, but they can only be detected for very small objects in motion. The 10^-12M is referring to the wavelength of an electron and one angstrom would be 10^-10 m
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Re: detectability of waves
Judging from the homework and examples in class I believe we on tests would get answers that would be obvious. For example 10^-12 [picometer] would be detectable and 10^-24 would not.
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