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...physics)|wave]] at a boundary between two different [[media]], so that the wave moves back into the medium it came from. ...n examples include the reflection of [[light]], [[sound]] and [[Mechanical wave|water waves]]. ...

{{Merge to|Wave-particle duality|discussion=Talk:Wave-particle duality|date=March 2013}} ...of [[physics]], a '''matter wave''' is when you think of [[matter]] as a [[wave]]. The concept of matter waves was first introduced by [[Louis de Broglie]] ...

...ted over and over (a "periodic waveform"). A common waveform is the [[sine wave]]. It is normally not possible to see a waveform without some [[device]]. ...United Kingdom|UK]], the [[Alternating current|AC]] mains supply is a sine wave and has a [[voltage]] of 240 V. This is an rms voltage. The actual voltage ...

...s the lowest frequency (i.e., cycles at the slowest rate) while the purple wave (bottom) has the highest frequency (cycles at the fastest rate).]] ...st]]s that pass a point in one [[second]] (A wave crest is the peak of the wave). ...

...nd waves]] and [[light|light waves]]. Refraction is seen most often when a wave passes from one [[Media|medium]] to a different medium. Different types of ..., when a light wave travels through air and then passes through water, the wave will slow and change direction. ...

'''Wave–particle duality''' is perhaps one of the most confusing concepts in physics, because it is so unlike anything we see in the ordinary world. ...ht has a frequency and [[wavelength]], just like a [[sound wave]] or water wave. Until the 20th century, most physicists thought that light was either one ...

...rence]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] in 1930.<ref name="Physics">{{cite book |title=Physics ...

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'''Electromagnetic waves''' are [[Wave (physics)|waves]] that contain an [[electric field]] and a [[magnetic field]] and ca [[Quantum mechanics]] developed from the study of [[electromagnetic wave]]s. This field includes the study of both visible and invisible [[light]]. ...

...ysical properties such as [[position]], [[momentum]], [[energy]], etc. The wave function can be thought of as a picture of how this particle or system acts ...e act of observation or measurement. The exact cause and interpretation of wave function collapse is still widely debated in the scientific community. ...

...his son Sir [[Lawrence Bragg]] (1890–1971). They won the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] for 1915. Lawrence Bragg is the youngest to be made a Nobel Laureate. He ...erer (e.g. [[electron]]) to re-radiate a part of its energy as a spherical wave. <br/>If atoms are arranged [[symmetry|symmetrically]] with a separation '' ...

...=http://aip.org/history/heisenberg/p08.htm|publisher=American Institute of Physics|accessdate=3 May 2014|year=1998-2014}}</ref> The equation can be given by ...an [[electron]], is not ''just'' a point-like particle, but also a type of wave. The philosophical implications will be explored shortly. Another fundament ...

...ine wave]] if it is written down in that kind of graph. In mathematics and physics this is called simple harmonic motion. This sort of movement will happen wh {{Physics-stub}} ...

In [[quantum mechanics]], a branch of [[physics]], the '''Bohr model''' is the model of the [[atom]] proposed by [[Niels Bo ...the cause of [[light]]. Bohr agreed with classical theory that light has a wave-particle duality (meaning that it is made of both [[electromagnetic waves]] ...

...es of changes. Calculus is used in many different areas of study such as [[physics]], [[astronomy]], [[biology]], [[engineering]], [[economics]], [[medicine]] ...lly. Some parts of modern calculus come from Newton, such as its uses in [[physics]]. Other parts come from Leibniz, such as the symbols used to write it. ...

An '''undulator''' is an [[insertion device]] from high-energy physics and usually part of a larger Physicist think about undulators both using classical physics and [[relativity]]. This means that though the precision calculation is ted ...

...he physicist [[Max Planck]]. It is an important [[quantity]] in [[quantum physics]]. ...y millions of tiny particles. Other scientists believed that light was a [[wave]].<ref>{{MacTutor|class=HistTopics|id=Light_1|title=Light through the ages: ...

...[electromagnetic waves]] (like [[light]]) work. It is also called "quantum physics" or "quantum theory". ...because they act in very strange ways. Quantum mechanics is important to [[physics]] and [[chemistry]]. ...

|style="width: 180px;" align="center"|[https://physics.nju.edu.cn//ry/gk/hwgccqnrc/20190904/i18322.html 马小松] <br> ...entangled states, which shows that a photon can not only be a particle or wave, but the superposition of them, even under Einstein’s locality condition. I ...

...relativity''' (or '''the special theory of relativity''') is a theory in [[physics]] that was developed and explained by [[Albert Einstein]] in 1905. It appli ...some weaknesses had been discovered in older physics. For example, older physics thought light moved in [[luminiferous aether]]. Various tiny effects were e ...