On Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 11:42:44 AM UTC-6 John Clark wrote:
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.* *But this E is the classical energy, and when the EM field is quantized don't we need a huge number of photons to define the curve you reference above? Is there a differential equation that when solved, gives us the wf of a RELATIVISTIC particle? Is there an equation that gives the wf of a photon? TY, AG * -- 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/faea0f0c-adfa-4c72-a987-5e33d644fb0an%40googlegroups.com.
