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arxiv: 1501.02195 · v4 · pith:J2QEI5D3new · submitted 2015-01-08 · 🪐 quant-ph

Quantitative Wave-Particle Duality

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keywords dualityparticlewavemeasuresquantitativerelationwave-particleaspects
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The complementary wave and particle character of quantum objects (or quantons) was pointed out by Niels Bohr. This wave-particle duality, in the context of the two-slit experiment, is now described not just as two extreme cases of wave and particle characteristics, but in terms of quantitative measures of these natures. These measures of wave and particle aspects are known to follow a duality relation. A very simple and intuitive derivation of a closely related duality relation is presented, which should be understandable to the introductory student.

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