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On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 3:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In reply to Axil Axil's message of Mon, 12 Jun 2017 15:52:08 -0400: > Hi, > > This explanation makes a lot more sense than what you originally said. > > [snip] > >Two particles do not pass through each other, they become identical and > >their wave functions combine in constructive interference. > > > >The process is as follows: > > > >Two different particles come to share all charctoristics, > > > >These two particles become on superparticle. > > > >Over time, this superparticle breaks apart when one or more of these > >particle characteristics diverge. > > > >On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 3:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> In reply to Axil Axil's message of Mon, 12 Jun 2017 01:25:05 -0400: > >> Hi, > >> > >> My point was that if particles could pass through one another like > >> superposing > >> waves do, then the particles of your head should be able to pass through > >> the > >> particles in the wall without resistance. You stated that particles were > >> waves, > >> and drew a picture of them passing through one another like superposing > >> waves. > >> > >> > >> > >> >We were talking about a particle passing through a wall not > superposition. > >> > > >> >Particles can pass through a wall lock stock and barrel via tunneling. > >> > > >> >See > >> > > >> >https://www.livescience.com/20380-particles-quantum- > tunneling-timing.html > >> > > >> >SKIP > >> > > >> >Sometimes, particles can pass through walls. > >> > > >> >Though it sounds like science fiction, the phenomenon is well > documented > >> >and even understood under the bizarre rules that govern the microscopic > >> >world called quantum mechanics. > >> > > >> >Now, scientists have measured the timing of this passing-through-walls > >> trick > >> ><https://www.livescience.com/19075-neutrino-particle- > >> communications-message.html> > >> >more > >> >accurately than ever before, and report their results in today's (May > 17) > >> >issue of the journal Nature. > >> > > >> >On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 1:11 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> In reply to Axil Axil's message of Mon, 12 Jun 2017 00:40:58 -0400: > >> >> Hi, > >> >> [snip] > >> >> >You are correct. This concept is called tunneling. > >> >> > >> >> That's not what you drew. What you drew was superposition of waves. > That > >> >> happens > >> >> all the time on a macroscopic scale. Most obviously in the sea on a > >> windy > >> >> day. > >> >> Also with waves in air, both sound and EM. However particles don't > seem > >> to > >> >> like > >> >> doing that (witness the bump on your head. ;) > >> >> Note also that mechanical waves are only possible precisely because > the > >> >> particles don't pass through one another, but pass their kinetic > energy > >> and > >> >> momentum on from one to another (actually via EM fields at the atomic > >> >> scale). > >> >> [snip] > >> >> > >> >> Regards, > >> >> > >> >> Robin van Spaandonk > >> >> > >> >> http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >> >> > >> >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Robin van Spaandonk > >> > >> http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >> > >> > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
