source file: mills3.txt Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 05:06:09 +0100 Subject: RE: PLANCK CONSTANT From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) >>E = H nu applies to all energy quanta, whether in >>the form of light, sound, or whatever. ... >>the quantum of sound is the phonon. ... This wave-particle duality is quite >>unbelievable to anyone who has not studied quantum mechanics in depth... I'll have to count myself in on the group that hasn't (well, only a little). And as such, I'll be prone to look upon the idea of a phonon skeptically until it bonks me over the ears! When I think about the classic experiments for illustrating the particle-wave duality of light, it's difficult for me to see any way to apply them to sound. I can't imagine any way for example, that you could get a particle-like distribution from the famous "two-slit" experiment if conducted with sound rather than light. But presumably that just means that I'm conducting an unrevealing experiment. SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) Subject: RE: PLANCK CONSTANT PostedDate: 31-12-97 06:07:43 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $MessageStorage: 0 $UpdatedBy: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH,CN=Manuel op de Coul/OU=AT/O=EZH RouteServers: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=notesrv1/OU=Server/O=EZH RouteTimes: 31-12-97 06:05:27-31-12-97 06:05:28,31-12-97 06:04:50-31-12-97 06:04:51 DeliveredDate: 31-12-97 06:04:51 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl ([137.174.112.59]) by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA SMTP v4.6 (462.2 9-3-1997)) with SMTP id C125657E.001BF239; Wed, 31 Dec 1997 06:07:11 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA28547; Wed, 31 Dec 1997 06:07:43 +0100 Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 06:07:43 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA28557 Received: (qmail 16820 invoked from network); 30 Dec 1997 21:07:40 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 30 Dec 1997 21:07:40 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu