...when they got pulled over for speeding. However, when the police officer tried to ask them how fast they were going, he couldn't get a straight answer, and the group was so rowdy that they had to be brought in for questioning.
So all 7 of them are taken to the police station, and individually questioned. First, they were asked simply "Do you know how fast you were going?"
Heisenberg, the driver, said "It was definitely somewhere between 0 and 180 miles per hour. I can tell you exactly where we were though."
Newton says "We were going 92 miles per hour when we were pulled over - and here's the differential equation that proves it."
Einstein says "I'm relatively sure we were stationary - the earth beneath us was moving at 92 miles per hour."
Galileo says "We were going 67,000 miles per hour around the sun."
Broglie says "Um... Uh. Wavelength?"
Planck says "I believe we were moving at around ten duodecillion quanta per hour, give or take."
And finally Ohm, no matter how many times he was asked, screamed "I won't go! I won't! You'll never take me alive!"
Can particles at rest (not moving) have de Broglie wavelength ? And how? Or does the de Broglie wavelength only applies on moving particles?
Suppose that the premises about the unification theory as laid out in this pre-print paper by Canadian astronomer Paul S. Wesson is correct, matter waves such as de Broglie waves can be supposedly used to perform FTL communication with extra dimensions.
If so, how to generate such waves as postulated in that pre-print paper? After all it provided a way to detect such waves, but none regarding the generation of such.
Edit: I think I may had found an answer for this; there is a patent for a matter wave generator, despite all the non-sequitur replies here.
De Broglie wavelength is inversely proportional to the momentum, larger momentum means itll be ‘less’ quantum and more classical mechanically? Im confused
If the theory as said in this paper is true, how to make such de broglie scalar waves in order to communicate superluminally by other dimensions?
> Higher-Dimensional Communication and S.E.T.I
> Paul S. Wesson
> In cosmologies with more than four dimensions, of the type required for unification, it is possible for signals to have velocities in excess of that of light. Using a five-dimensional model which otherwise agrees with observations, two subjects are reviewed: (a) An exact solution of the field equations which describes a 4D spacetime with a large cosmological constant and waves travelling in ordinary 3D space with velocities exceeding lightspeed. (b) An example where the 4D interval or proper time is modulated by the systematic variation of the scalar field associated with the fifth dimension, providing a simple signalling method. These and related consequences of higher-dimensional cosmology have significant implications for astrophysics, and especially the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
So I get that de Broglie came up with the idea of λ = h/p
One thing I can't get into my mind is how does this differ from the regular formula λ = v/f?
Obviously the formulas differ since the first one relates momentum and the wavelength. But if I had a ball, and were asked to measure the wavelength (which it does have since everything behaves like a wave and a particle), will I get the same result if I used either?
I tried solving this for photons (measuring their wavelength), and I got 2 totally different answers. I tried to measure the wavelength of a ball by using both too, but since h is so small, I get 2 totally different answers.
Why is this? When should I use which formula?
objects with larger mass tend to have shorter de Broglie wavelength. what does this statement imply in a physical sense?
Thanks for the help.
I understand that De Broglie postulated that matter, like energy, could exhibit wave-like properties, and then he equated E=mc^2 (for energy possessed by mass) and E=h*c/l (energy possessed by an electromagnetic wave), arriving at l = h/mv, but what exactly does this wavelength represent?
For a sound wave, the wavelength is the distance between two consecutive areas of high/low pressure. What's the corresponding "thing" for the matter wave?
