On 10-10-15 02:14 PM, Dale Tronrud wrote:
... The photon both diffracts and doesn't diffract as it passes through the crystal and it diffracts into all the directions that match the Bragg condition. The wave function doesn't collapse to a single outcome until the detector measures something - which in the scheme of things occurs long after the photon left the crystal....
and On 10-10-15 02:07 PM, Bryan Lepore wrote:
btw, buckyballs have measurable wave properties. i think they are trying virus particles now.
That reminds me that politicians also have wave properties photons interact with electrons their diffraction leads to interference for most angles the results cancel out when they are not on a common wavelength you get Laue diffraction their is no single outcome until the detector measures something politicons interact with the electorate their diffrent fractions lead to interference on most angles the results cancel out when they are not on a common wavelength you get loud distraction there is no single outcome until the polls measure something Bart -- ============================================================================ Bart Hazes (Associate Professor) Dept. of Medical Microbiology& Immunology University of Alberta 1-15 Medical Sciences Building Edmonton, Alberta Canada, T6G 2H7 phone: 1-780-492-0042 fax: 1-780-492-7521 ============================================================================
