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Only bound states, like electrons confined to atomic orbitals, have quantized energies. Free electrons (or any particles) can have a continuous range of energie
by griffzhowl 1y ago
Only bound states, like electrons confined to atomic orbitals, have quantized energies. Free electrons (or any particles) can have a continuous range of energies. Quantum mechanics (and general relativity) is still based on contiuous space and time, hence a continuous range of possible velocities and (kinetic) energies
- svnt 1y agoEnergies, yes, but the concept of energy quanta is inverted to e.g. time and length in that we have a maximum, not a minimum, where our understanding/models are limited, right?