On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote:
*How can the amplitude give a probability if its value is generally not > less than unity? AG * *|E|^2 gives the relative probabilities of detecting a photon at different points on the screen, it gives you the correct curve shape but is not normalized so all the probabilities don't add up to exactly one. To make it a true probability distribution that integrates to 1 you divide |E|^2 by a constant, the total integrated intensity across the screen.* *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* kcj -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2er3y%3DKg3LYz%3DCZix0qOxWH%2BK56Vy4ymLh_9OdKH962Q%40mail.gmail.com.
