Matter Waves

• All matter has a ìwave functionî that describes its vibrational properties.

• This delves into the field of quantum dynamics and philosophy.

• We will not study this type of wave motion in detail - you should recognize it as a type of wave.

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You can read up on this topic in an atomic and nuclear physics book (Wehr and Richards is best).

You can also check with a web search engine for these topics.

*Extra credit available for a paper on this topic.