Mukilab Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Does the Uncertainty principle tell us that one person can only measure a single particle, no matter what area or distance he tries to measure another from? Why doesn't this apply to other people, why can two people both view two different particles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 By measure (observe) a particle you mean measure its properties. The uncertianty principle does not stop you observing more than one particle at a time. Think about a Helium atom. We have two electrons in orbit around the nucleus. We can still measure the spectrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mukilab Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 what do you mean by the spectrum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 what do you mean by the spectrum? The electron shells, indirectly by the emission of photons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mukilab Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 The electron shells, indirectly by the emission of photons. Ok, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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