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Wave particle duality of light - Coggle Diagram
Wave particle duality of light
Quantum Mechanics
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
The four fundamental forces
Strong nuclear force
Quarks and the exchange of gluons
Weak nuclear force
W boson Z boson
Gravitation
Graviton
Electromagnetic force
Photons
The idea that things exist in a quantum superposition (a variety of configurations, each with individual probabilities) which collapses when the system is observed. The observation of a system irreversibly alters the system
TIes in to philosophical concepts like determinism and free will
The copenhagen interpretation
The true nature of randomness: how every system can be predicted perfectly with enough date on its initial conditions
Particle physics
Matter and antimatter
Positron
Antiproton
Antineutron
Baryon/Antibaryon
The matter/antimatter problem: The vast imbalance of the amount of matter and antimatter in the universe
The standard model
Femions
Quarks
Top, bottom, up, down, charm, strange
Leptons
(Electron, muon, tau) neutrino
Bosons
Higgs
W boson
Z boson
The idea that forces at the most fundamental level are merely exchanges of bosons (Exchange particle theory - can be applied to the fundamental forces)
Electon orbits (energy/orbital shift
Hadron
Meson
Gluons
The theoretical graviton: its wave-particle duality
The general wave particle duality
The idea that waves and particles, when looked at as exclusive concepts, are insufficient to describe the nature of quantum objects (fundamental particles)
A particle's energy is derived from its kinetic energy (mass and velocity) --> (mv^2)/2
A wave's energy is directly proportional to its amplitude squared and inversely proportionate to the wavelength. --> hf (h is the planck constant)
Exploring the contradiction between the description of the behaviour of particles in quantum mechanics and classical mechanics
Significant experiments
Poisson's spot (wave nature)
Double slit experiment (wave nature)
Photoelectric effect (particle nature)