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PeterDonis
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It's not a matter of "which particle". It's a matter of whether you are using a non-relativistic or relativistic model. The standard model itself is a relativistic model--it's a quantum field theory--so a correct statement would be that no particles in the standard model have wave functions. To get wave functions at all, you have to work in the non-relativistic limit, which means you're not really using the standard model any more.Delta2 said:Is photon the only particle of the standard model that doesn't have a wave function
As for which particles can have a non-relativistic limit, only particles with nonzero rest mass can.
Correct, since you can't model it in the non-relativistic limit.Delta2 said:an electron having relativistic speed doesn't have a wave function either?