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Telling the Wave Function: An Electrical Analogy
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: Received: 4 July 2022 / Approved: 5 July 2022 / Online: 5 July 2022 (07:54:18 CEST)
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Chiatti, L. Telling the Wave Function: An Electrical Analogy. Foundations 2022, 2, 862-871. Chiatti, L. Telling the Wave Function: An Electrical Analogy. Foundations 2022, 2, 862-871.
Abstract
The double nature, wave and corpuscular, of the material particles is usually considered incomprehensible as it cannot be represented visually. It is proposed to the student, in the introductory courses, as a fact justified by quantum interference experiments of which, however, no further analysis is possible. In this note we propose a description of the wave function in terms of a simple electrical analogy, which reproduces at least some of its essential properties. The aim we propose is to provide a cognitive representation of an analogical type: starting from a classical context (electrical circuits) and introducing in an appropriate way the notions of "wave" and "particle", we show how typically quantum properties such as delocalization and entanglement emerge in a natural, understandable and intuitive way.
Keywords
Quantum mechanics; particle wave duality; quantum jump; quantum entanglement
Subject
Physical Sciences, Quantum Science and Technology
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