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Physics Question

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MisterPants

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Does opera still have problems wtih these forums?

Question is: Why does the wavelength of a probability wave packet correspond to particle momentum?
 
Should ask this in highly technical, but dark matter might be the explanation. Current theories surmise that dark matter may comprise between 90 and 99 percent of the mass of the universe. :Q
 
Wavelength depends on the energy of the photon, and it makes sense that something with more energy carries more momentum.
 
The length of the wave diminishes in proportion to the momentum of the object. So the greater the mass of the object involved, the shorter the waves.

The idea that an electron is a wave around the atom, instead of a particle in orbit begs the question of `where' the electron is at any particular moment. The answer, by experimentation, is that the electron can be anywhere around the atom. But 'where' is not evenly distributed. The electron as a wave has a maximum chance of being observed where the wave has the highest amplitude.

 
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