Timeline for Can an electron move in a well-defined path? [closed]
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| Jun 16, 2023 at 14:47 | history | closed |
Roger V. Miyase Jon Custer |
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| Jun 16, 2023 at 9:55 | answer | added | anna v | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 16, 2023 at 9:32 | answer | added | alanf | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 16, 2023 at 9:14 | comment | added | anna v | see how an electron's (and other particles') track looks in particle physics experiments hst-archive.web.cern.ch/archiv/hst2005/bubble_chambers/… Hit on the "would you like to see" . In the magnetic field it does follow the expected trajectories of classical charged particles. | |
| Jun 16, 2023 at 8:00 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 16, 2023 at 7:56 | comment | added | Candy Hi | To clarify, by well-defied path I mean a mathematical curve like a parabola or a straight line. | |
| Jun 16, 2023 at 7:38 | comment | added | FlatterMann | @HarshdeepChhabra The behavior of a "classical electron" is caused by continuous interaction with the environment, which in the language of quantum mechanics is NOT a single quantum process. So, no, technically the classical world is not a simple transition of a quantum mechanical electron to a classical one and I would suggest not to try to understand it that way. It will cause a sheer endless series of misunderstandings about the topic. | |
| Jun 16, 2023 at 7:31 | comment | added | Harshdeep Chhabra | @FlatterMann I understand that, that's why I specified that 'just by the title' if you talk about electrons having well defined path in a general way. So classically speaking it can | |
| Jun 16, 2023 at 7:29 | comment | added | FlatterMann | @HarshdeepChhabra The motion of charges in a cyclotron is a classical experiment. It does not have the necessary spatial resolution to show quantum properties. | |
| Jun 16, 2023 at 7:27 | comment | added | FlatterMann | The "probability cloud" does not represent one quantum. It represents an infinite repetition of the same experiment. That's called a "quantum mechanical ensemble" and it is, in this regard, no different from ordinary probability theory. The individual dots are NOT the same quantum. They are the outcomes of completely independent experiments. | |
| Jun 16, 2023 at 7:26 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 16, 2023 at 7:25 | comment | added | Harshdeep Chhabra | also just by the title you can think how electrons in cyclotrons (in general magnetic fields) can move in well defined path | |
| Jun 16, 2023 at 7:06 | answer | added | Harshdeep Chhabra | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 16, 2023 at 7:06 | comment | added | joseph h | To say ask if quantum object has a well-defined path is similar to asking if it has a well-defined momentum and position. It has neither. | |
| Jun 16, 2023 at 7:01 | history | asked | Candy Hi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |