波動還是粒子？ ─ 量子世界的奧秘 清華大學物理系 王道維教授 Wave or particle ?

Brief History: Let ’ s go back to 100 years ago … Isaac Newton, Principa 1768 Stream engine was invented I. Kant, Critique of Pure Reason 1783 American independence revolution 1789 French revolution 1831 Electric engine was invented Science is almost ended in the Newton physics and Maxwell equations. All others are just details. From human side, they believe that human beings are good enough to protect this world and themselves. However, the first was broken by the discovery of quantum physics in 1905, while the second hope was broken by World War I in 1914….

Example I: Periodic table Order ?

Example II: Atom structure How can atom be stable ?

Example III: Light spectrum What these lines mean ?

Photoelectric effect Intensity Max. electron energy Frquency Max. electron energy What shall we expect ?

Photoelectric effect Intensity Max. electron energy Frquency Max. electron energy Experimental fact Why ?

Intensity Max. electron energy Frquency Max. electron energy Intensity Max. electron energy Frquency Max. electron energy

What is the meaning of “ frequency ”, “ waveelngth ” for a single photon ? What is the meaning of “ quantized energy ” for a light wave ? How could we understand the interference effects between two light sources by photons ? Is light a wave or a particle ? Conceptual questions….

Double slit experiment for electrons What shall we expect ? A particle cannot pass two holes at the same time  It must pass through one of them  Probability=P1+P2

What is this wavelength about ?

Double slit experiment for electrons The experimental results We find interference pattern for “particles” !  An Electron must have to pass both hole at the same time ?

If we want to measure it…..

Their properties cannot be simply understood by our common sense in the ordinary world…. Both light and massive particles are not like what we expect in the ordinary situation…. We find a very surprising result…. But measurement can changes the results dramatically …. Is there something wrong ? We need to do the experiment to measure their properties before we could say about them.

Basic concept of Quantum mechanics 3. For a single particle, it is described by a wavefunction, which describe the probability to find a particle at position r at time t is 4. The wavefunction follows the Schrodinger equation: 1. For an EM wave, we have 2. For a massive particle, we have 5. One could not know anything (but probability) about a single event

A. Einstein: God does not play dice with the universe. But not only we do not like it….

Gradually we used to it…. R.P. Feynman: I think it is fair to say that no on really understand quantum mechanics…. We just know how to calculate it….

Quantum tunneling: STM

STM image: STM

Matter wave to understand this world….. Standing wave gives discrete energy level ! E=hv makes the discrete energy level to be observed by discrete light spectroum. Pauli exclusion principle then explains the preriodic table !

Visible quantum world…..

Quantum world is much more dramatic than what people could image in ordinary life ! What is more surprising is : we human beings can “understand” this strange world ?!