Quantum Mechanics Flashcards
1
Q
Who discovered quanta
A
Max Planck
2
Q
What is quanta
A
Amounts/chunks of energy’
3
Q
Who discovered energy could be emitted as a particle of a wave
A
Max Planck
4
Q
What did Einstein use Planck’s discovery of quanta to explain
A
The photoelectric effect
5
Q
Who came up with wave-particle duality
A
Louis de Broglie
6
Q
Who developed the Copenhagen Interpretation
A
Niels Bohr
7
Q
What is the Schrödinger’s cat analogy trying to say
A
That until observed, the cat is both dead and alive at the same time.
