Uncertainty Principle and Matter Waves
The uncertainty principle can be understood from the idea of de Broglie that particles also have wave character
What are properties of waves
- Waves are patterns that vary in space and time
- A wave is not in only one place at a give time - it is “spread out”
Example of wave with well-defined wavelength l and momentum p = h/ l, but is spread over all space, i.e., its position is not well-defined