Sunday, August 14, 2016

quantum mechanics - Do particles behave like electromagnetic waves?


From double-slit experiments we know particles have wave-like behavior: they statistically form an interference pattern.


My question is: Is this wave-like behavior similar to the photons' behavior?



More specifically:



  • Do they behave like transverse waves? For example: can you polarize an electron beam?

  • Can you (internally) reflect and refract a particle beam? For example can you make a lens or prism the refract electron beams?

  • Although photons are neutral they can cause current in a receiver rod, so radio works. Can other particles do this? For example can you tune a radio to receive very slow neutrons or electrons (whose de Broglie wavelength is sufficiently large)




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