According to the DeBroglie Equation, wave properties of large particles like baseballs do exist, but are just undetectable (please let me know if I'm wrong). But what do these wave properties mean in a literal sense? A baseball doesn't move like a wave (even if it's undetectable), so what specific properties of waves is it exhibiting?
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Wave properties of large particles
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Re: Wave properties of large particles
I took it as large particles like baseballs and everyday objects don't move like waves, but give off small undetectable amounts of wave energy.
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Re: Wave properties of large particles
To explain some aspects of light you treat it as a wave, to explain others aspects you treat it as a particle. Dr. Lavelle's example of the baseball exhibits this "wave-particle duality". The behavior of relatively large objects, like baseballs, is most closely related to their particle nature. To explain the behavior of very small objects like electrons, both the wave properties and particle properties have to be considered.
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Re: Wave properties of large particles
The wave properties do exist for relatively large objects, but those wavelengths are so small we do not have equipment that can detect waves in the 10^-35 spectrum.
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