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CFTraveler
2nd March 2015, 10:30 PM
http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/scientists-capure-first-image-of-the-fingerprint-of-light-that-shows-it-as-both-a-particle-and-wave/
This is awesome.

CFTraveler
2nd March 2015, 10:32 PM
http://i2.wp.com/www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/light.jpg

greytraveller
12th March 2015, 03:59 AM
Greetings CFT
Nice article, thanx for the link.
My understanding is that quantum mechanics is still based on the Copenhagen Interpretation (CI). And the basis of CI is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle which maintains it is NOT possible to simultaneously observe a photon ( or any subatomic particle) as both wave length and particle. So in my mind the bigger question of this discovery is whether it will eventually destroy Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, demolish or force a radical rewrite of CI, and fundamentally change the theoretical structure of quantum science.

Regards
Grey

CFTraveler
12th March 2015, 12:18 PM
I don't think it'll destroy H's uncertainty principle, because the limit (planck length) might be lower than the wave bandwidth itself. But the picture itself kind of reminds me of Bohm's 'pilot wave' interpretation.