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physics geeking
Jul. 14th, 2004 12:17 pmJust want to make sure I'm writing something that's true for this question...
Are there any plausible branches of research in physics currently which claim that light is something OTHER than a wave, particle, or something of dual wave/particle nature?
Edit
Also, the textbook I'm working with states something about light behaving like a particle when it interacts with matter and like a wave the rest of the time. This makes sense to me based on my understanding of QM, but I'd never heard it partitioned like that.
Does that hold true? Does light only behave as a particle when interacting with matter, and as a wave the rest of the time?
Are there any plausible branches of research in physics currently which claim that light is something OTHER than a wave, particle, or something of dual wave/particle nature?
Edit
Also, the textbook I'm working with states something about light behaving like a particle when it interacts with matter and like a wave the rest of the time. This makes sense to me based on my understanding of QM, but I'd never heard it partitioned like that.
Does that hold true? Does light only behave as a particle when interacting with matter, and as a wave the rest of the time?
