Priyanshu Kumar

Quantum mechanics is the branch of physics that studies the processes of real matter and energy at ever decreasing scales, namely atoms and subatomic particles. It gives the equations and mathematical tools necessary for the computation of certain physical properties, interactions and behaviors of such minute entities.

Some of the important features of modern quantum mechanics are:

Wave-Particle Duality: Different experimental configurations make particles such as electrons to be acted upon as waves or as particles.

Quantization: Continuous values of physical quantities (for instance energy), in reality exists in limited levels or quanta. This was first done by Max Planck in his black-body radiation work and was refined in the atom model of Niels Bohr.

Superposition: Particles remain in a state of contradictory properties of several states and are not defined until they are measured. This is the example of the famous Thought experiment known as the Schrödinger’s cat that demonstrates quantum indeterminacy.

Uncertainty Principle: Concept initiated by Werner Heisenberg, wherein every measurement of a certain physical quantity when carried out in exactly the same manner leads to constant level of inaccuracy. Some examples include two physical parameters position and momentum, that are being considered simultaneously.

Entanglement: It is possible, that two or more particles would become inter entangled in such a way, that the state of the one individual matter, and stasis is affected by the other, and vice versa, without regard to distance between the two samples.

Quantum mechanics is the branch of physics that studies the processes of real matter and energy at ever decreasing scales, namely atoms and subatomic particles. It gives the equations and mathematical tools necessary for the computation of certain physical properties, interactions and behaviors of such minute entities.

Some of the important features of modern quantum mechanics are:

Wave-Particle Duality: Different experimental configurations make particles such as electrons to be acted upon as waves or as particles.

Quantization: Continuous values of physical quantities (for instance energy), in reality exists in limited levels or quanta. This was first done by Max Planck in his black-body radiation work and was refined in the atom model of Niels Bohr.

Superposition: Particles remain in a state of contradictory properties of several states and are not defined until they are measured. This is the example of the famous Thought experiment known as the Schrödinger’s cat that demonstrates quantum indeterminacy.

Uncertainty Principle: Concept initiated by Werner Heisenberg, wherein every measurement of a certain physical quantity when carried out in exactly the same manner leads to constant level of inaccuracy. Some examples include two physical parameters position and momentum, that are being considered simultaneously.

Entanglement: It is possible, that two or more particles would become inter entangled in such a way, that the state of the one individual matter, and stasis is affected by the other, and vice versa, without regard to distance between the two samples.