How, strange is the universe including the uncertainty principle given by Heisenberg. What is the uncertainty principle, and what does it mean, Let's take an analogy to understand, imagine you’re trying to take a picture of a super speedy hummingbird. It zips around so fast that it's impossible to get a clear, focused picture. By definition, the uncertainty principle states that there's a fundamental limit to how accurately we can simultaneously know both the position and momentum (mass times velocity) of a tiny particle like an electron.
Why is the universe quantumly depictive?
This all depends
on how we see things, let’s take a resemblance, imagine you are trying to see an
electron while bouncing a ball on it, the ball gives a huge kick to the
electron changing its non-uniform speed making it faster and its position
If this is true then
light particles, basically photons being the smallest particles of the world
also kick them. Which means the act of looking changes what we are looking at. This
means when we look at an electron or we know the place of the electron we are
less sure about its speed.
But this does not
mean that when you are looking at an object it will disappear, it only applies to
very tiny particles such as electrons. A big object is very big compared to an
electron so the effect is negligible.
Mathematical Limits of the
Quantumly Satisfied Uncertainty Principle:
Δx⋅Δp≥ ℏ/2
Where
these symbols state the following:
·
Δx
(Delta-x): This represents the uncertainty in
the position of a particle. It highlights our instability to find the
position of the particle
·
Δp:
This represents the uncertainty in the momentum (mass*velocity) of
a particle. It reflects our limitation in knowing the particle's precise
momentum simultaneously
· ħ ("h-bar") is the reduced Planck constant, a very small number, approximately, 1.0545×10−34 joule seconds
Implications
of The Uncertainty Principle:
·
It
helps us to understand the structure of the atom: It explains why nuclei don’t orbit
exactly in a perfect path and rather exist in a probability cloud
- Development of new technologies: It forms the basis for various technologies like tunneling electron microscopes that image materials at the atomic level.
