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Quantum Stew: How Physicists Are Redefining Reality's Rules
New York Times ^
| October 16,2001
| GEORGE JOHNSON
Posted on 10/16/2001 9:45:09 PM PDT by gcruse
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To: longshadow; Physicist
Now, if I only knew what a "Compton wavelength" is, I'd be all set .... I guess looking that up is a reasonable exercise for the student.How are the Compton and de Broglie wavelengths related?
Day one of quantum class from hell: "The wavefunction contains all knowable information about the system. Extracting it is an exercise left to the student. Good day."
To: Chemist_Geek
How are the Compton and de Broglie wavelengths related? I'll defer to "Physicist" on this; he's the one who brought it up!
;-)
To: PatrickHenry
... dropping in pitch like a musical note sliding down the scale. The Music of the Spheres?
To: trax2001
Thanks, great article and what a shame these guys split 94,000.00 amd a jock who can't read makes millions, the dummin down of America! The dumb jock who can't read is nevertheless smart enough to produce something that has at least SOME effect on the life of ordinary people.
Occasionally an engineer gets lucky enough to do this, then he makes those dumb jocks look like paupers by comparison. (Bill Gates).
To: Physicist
I think you meant DeBroglie wavelength
Compton wavelength = h/mo*c
DeBroglie wavelength = h/p
momentum = p = sqrt(2*mo*v)
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10/17/2001 1:24:44 PM PDT
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spunkets
To: Chemist_Geek
The DeBroglie wavelength is like a modulation on the compton carrier.
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10/17/2001 1:30:57 PM PDT
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spunkets
To: spunkets
And the compton carrier rules come to us from the FCC.
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10/17/2001 1:42:47 PM PDT
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Gumlegs
To: spunkets
ooops!
P=mo*v
v = velocity
post #25 had kinetic E as v.
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10/17/2001 1:46:30 PM PDT
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spunkets
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To: Gumlegs; spunkets; Physicist; longshadow
And the compton carrier rules come to us from the FCC.
Groooaaaaaan!
To: Tallmadge
Remember the old bumpersticker "Honk if you passed P. Chem." :)Pass it? Heck, I taught it! (smile) I do have a copy of that sticker in my office.
If my old prof. explained one more variation of the Ideal gas law, I think I might have strangled him. :)
Ach, they're all the same. It's just a matter of what state variables are constant. I didn't even bother with Boyle's, Charles', Guy-Lussac's, etc.'s Laws.
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To: spunkets
I think you meant DeBroglie wavelengthI did. My bad.
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