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>Time, however, comes into play when a molecule collides with another one, triggering a chemical reaction. Then, a storm strikes. The quantum steadiness bursts
by petermcneeley 3y ago
>Time, however, comes into play when a molecule collides with another one, triggering a chemical reaction. Then, a storm strikes. The quantum steadiness bursts when the sections of the electronic cloud pour from one molecule upon another. The clouds mix, reshape, merge, and split. The nuclear clouds rearrange to accommodate themselves within the new electronic configuration, sometimes even migrating between molecules. For a fraction of a picosecond (10-12 seconds or a billionth of a millisecond), the tempest rages and reshapes the molecular landscape until stillness is restored in the newly formed compounds.
Cool description how bout an animation or better yet an interactive App.
- abdullahkhalids 3y agoWhen molecules have formed, and are in relatively static conditions, even then animating them is quite difficult. The wavefunction is a complex function of position and time, so you have to show 6+2 dimensions on a 2D screen. During molecule formation, you need more than quantum mechanics. You need quantum field theory, to create an accurate picture of the dynamics. Quantum field theory has a lot more dimensions, and there is stuff like virtual particle creation and what not. It is not at all easy to show this on a 2D screen.
- petermcneeley 3y agoI mean there are ways to visualize these things https://youtu.be/MmG2ah5Df4g?t=670 https://youtu.be/MmG2ah5Df4g?t=670 this aligns with goal of the article "We build new mental images of the quantum world one step at a time, even under the risk of tripping up here and there."