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5. Quantum Lumps

  • Kenneth W. Ford
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The Quantum World
This chapter is in the book The Quantum World
© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Acknowledgments vii
  3. Contents ix
  4. 1. Beneath the Surface of Things 1
  5. 2. How Small Is Small? How Fast Is Fast? 8
  6. 3. Meet the Leptons 29
  7. 4. The Rest of the Extended Family 67
  8. 5. Quantum Lumps 92
  9. 6. Quantum Jumps 112
  10. 7. Social and Antisocial Particles 131
  11. 8. Clinging to Constancy 153
  12. 9. Waves and Particles 184
  13. 10. Pushing the Limits 220
  14. Appendix A: Measurements and Magnitudes 249
  15. Appendix B: The Particles 252
  16. Appendix C: Going for the Gold 257
  17. Appendix D: Quantum Questions 259
  18. Index 283
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674037144-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Acknowledgments vii
  3. Contents ix
  4. 1. Beneath the Surface of Things 1
  5. 2. How Small Is Small? How Fast Is Fast? 8
  6. 3. Meet the Leptons 29
  7. 4. The Rest of the Extended Family 67
  8. 5. Quantum Lumps 92
  9. 6. Quantum Jumps 112
  10. 7. Social and Antisocial Particles 131
  11. 8. Clinging to Constancy 153
  12. 9. Waves and Particles 184
  13. 10. Pushing the Limits 220
  14. Appendix A: Measurements and Magnitudes 249
  15. Appendix B: The Particles 252
  16. Appendix C: Going for the Gold 257
  17. Appendix D: Quantum Questions 259
  18. Index 283
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