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quantum mechanics
(quantum theory)

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quantum mechanics has applicability microscopic scales of atoms and subnuclear particles but not restricted to this has source: Greene, B. 1999 The Elegant Universe, W.W. Norton and Co., New York, 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0
has constraint certain quantities (e.g. energy, angular momentum, light) can only exist in certain discrete amounts, called quanta. has source: Coughlan, G.D., Dodd, J.E. 1999 The Ideas of Particle Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0
has implication physical systems must be described in terms of probabilities. has source: Lightman, A., Brawer, R. 1990 The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists, Harvard University Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0
has equation Any physical system, such as an atom, may be viewed as existing as a combination of its possible states, each of which has a certain probability.
has synonym quantum theory
has discoverer Planck
has definition Physics theory that explains wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle and the exclusion principle. has source: Talbot, J. 2001, 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0
is a kind of physics theory

theory has validity correct or incorrect with caveats 2001-09-27 09:33:53.0
has author or reasearch group
has domain a field of research
has date or a range of dates for which the theory was active

Kinds of quantum mechanics :

quantum field theory (3 kinds, 19 facts) - Relativistically invariant version of quantum mechanics used to describe the physics of elementary particles. The action of forces is a result of the exchange of sub-atomic particles.
quantum mechanics interpretation (2 kinds, 8 facts)

quantum mechanics	has applicability microscopic scales of atoms and subnuclear particles but not restricted to this
	has constraint certain quantities (e.g. energy, angular momentum, light) can only exist in certain discrete amounts, called quanta.
	has implication physical systems must be described in terms of probabilities.
	has equation Any physical system, such as an atom, may be viewed as existing as a combination of its possible states, each of which has a certain probability.
	has synonym quantum theory
	has discoverer Planck
	has definition Physics theory that explains wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle and the exclusion principle.
	is a kind of physics theory
theory	has validity correct or incorrect with caveats
	has author or reasearch group
	has domain a field of research
	has date or a range of dates for which the theory was active