Re:There are no particles, there are only fields (2012)
by hyperion2010 on Sunday August 28, 2016 @06:43PM
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The probably is continuous, but the actual 'coming into being' is quantized. The question thus becomes 'Why are things quantized?' and the answers to that are either 'because they are' or unscientific in their nature.
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Re:There are no particles, there are only fields (2012)
by Ono-Sendai on Sunday August 28, 2016 @08:05PM
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Quantisation does not have to be axiomatic however. Some things are naturally quantised, such as the frequency or wavelength of standing waves in a chamber of a given length, and likewise the energy levels of an electron in a harmonic oscillator potential or an atomic potential.