Episode Title
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Series Title
Walkabout the Galaxy
Keywords
particles; waves; Milky Way
Disciplines
Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physics
Description
Light's odd way of behaving both like a particle and a wave is nothing new, but a cool new experiment shows that it's not an either/or but a continuum of gradations from wave to particle. The universe has some crazy stuff going on. We use the wave nature to take a look at an odd transient phenomenon at the core of the Milky Way and for Top quark to embarrass Strange quark at trivia.
Episode Sponsor
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Date Created
9-15-2021
Item Type
Podcast
Type
article
Length of Episode
49:00
Recommended Citation
Colwell, Joshua; Dove, Adrienne; and Cooney, James, "The Mind Blowing Wave Particle Duality of Light" (2021). Walkabout the Galaxy Podcast. 176.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/walkaboutthegalaxy/176
