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Mathfan7
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Hi,
I'm sorry if this question has already been answered somewhere and I'm just too incompetent to find it, buuut:
As the title already says, I really do not get that part of quantum physics (if you can even say I'm getting ANY part at all...).
As I searched all Google for an answer I just found out about Schrödinger's equation which uses the De-Broglie wavelength, which is the analogy of the wavelength of light for matter particles. So this means Schrödinger's equation can't be used for photons, can it?
I understand that, first, every quantum particle has a wavefunction and second, the probability of finding a photon at place x is proportional to the lightwave's intensity. But, which would at least seem logical, calling the lightwave the photon's wave function doesn't seem to be correct, according to Google :D
So what am I not getting? Do photons even have a wavefunction determining their probability of presence?
The only kind of promising-looking stuff I found was Maxwell's equations, something about Dirac and some Klein-Gordon equation.
I also tried asking my teacher but we kind of always end up confusing each other...
Any help is very appreciated, thank you![Big Grin :oldbiggrin: :oldbiggrin:](https://www.physicsforums.com/styles/physicsforums/xenforo/smilies/oldschool/biggrin.gif)
Oh and please excuse any language mistakes, I'm not a native speaker![Angel :angel: :angel:](https://www.physicsforums.com/styles/physicsforums/xenforo/smilies/oldschool/angel.gif)
I'm sorry if this question has already been answered somewhere and I'm just too incompetent to find it, buuut:
As the title already says, I really do not get that part of quantum physics (if you can even say I'm getting ANY part at all...).
As I searched all Google for an answer I just found out about Schrödinger's equation which uses the De-Broglie wavelength, which is the analogy of the wavelength of light for matter particles. So this means Schrödinger's equation can't be used for photons, can it?
I understand that, first, every quantum particle has a wavefunction and second, the probability of finding a photon at place x is proportional to the lightwave's intensity. But, which would at least seem logical, calling the lightwave the photon's wave function doesn't seem to be correct, according to Google :D
So what am I not getting? Do photons even have a wavefunction determining their probability of presence?
The only kind of promising-looking stuff I found was Maxwell's equations, something about Dirac and some Klein-Gordon equation.
I also tried asking my teacher but we kind of always end up confusing each other...
Any help is very appreciated, thank you
![Big Grin :oldbiggrin: :oldbiggrin:](https://www.physicsforums.com/styles/physicsforums/xenforo/smilies/oldschool/biggrin.gif)
Oh and please excuse any language mistakes, I'm not a native speaker
![Angel :angel: :angel:](https://www.physicsforums.com/styles/physicsforums/xenforo/smilies/oldschool/angel.gif)