Isn't the only way a photon can be both a particle and a wave be that photons never move?

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But instead, reveal a three dimensional "screen" where the "pixels" come into existence along the "path" of the photon and quickly disappear as it "passes". This giving the appearance of motion (a particle moving) yet nothing really moves (a wave)?

Satan Claws · Accepted Answer

Isn't the only way a photon can be both a particle and a wave be that photons never move? No, because in that case it wouldn't have linear momentum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon#Physical_properties

Victoria Y · Answer

The particle moves along the wave, which will give it the appearance of motion.  The photon is made up of the wave of particles, so in order to create the 3D appearance, the wave would have to be controlled to keep the photon still and at the same time move it.  Think of star wars, when they found the tape of princess Laya.  She was holographic, she was a wave of particles where light was then projected on it.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes I suppose, but you'll need one of the maths brains to explain that as I will just screw that explanation up as wave/particle duality always messes with my head.
The problem with photons is because thy have no mass they must always travel at the speed of light. They can never stop or slow down. The b*****ds just won't sit still!
They only stop when they interact with something so we only know their true trajectory after they've already hit whatever we used to detect them.

Hackett out.

Robert321 · Answer

The photon changes from wave form to particle form through observation alone.
Will explain later.
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Isn't the only way a photon can be both a particle and a wave be that photons never move?

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