Electromagnetic radiation travels as a wave and interacts as a particle. This is reality and is difficult (if not impossible) to truly understand as a model.
1 of 3
Particles As Waves?
Electrons are particles however when they are passed at high speed through a small gap they create a pattern on the other side
This pattern can only be created by something that is travelling as a wave
2 of 3
De Broglie Waves
In 1923 Louis De Broglie hypothesised that if a particle travelled as a wave with sufficiently long wavelength then wave-like properties would become visible:
Comments
No comments have yet been made