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asked 12 months ago

Hello Michael. I’m not a physicist, so I don’t really understand the subject, so I’d be happy if you could correct me on what I’m wrong about the question.
So, from what I understand superposition is that light is not a particle but a wave. I didn’t understand why they say it is in superposition, that is, two places at the same time, because it is no longer a particle but a wave. What I mean is that the wave is in several points because it is not a point, it is not here and there because it does not have a specific place defined by the area in which it is located. So why do we say it is in superposition (that is, both here and there)?
Thank you very much.


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מיכי Staff answered 12 months ago
There is no such thing as “the particle itself.” There is a wave function that represents it. This function can be a superposition of position states, and this is what is called a wave state. In such a situation, when you make a measurement of position, you can get several different results (a particle is located here or here or here. After the measurement, it is a particle), and the wave is a combination of all these results with different weights. This is exactly the superposition state.

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