What is the state of particles and energy between quantum jumps?
1 Answer
In quantum theory there is no "between jumps".
Explanation:
We usually think of time (and energy, etc.) as being continuous but, it seems that when we operate at the sub-atomic level this is not true.
The classic way of thinking about this is to think about a movie. We are presented with a series of images that seem to be continuous. An actor moves across the screen in one continuous, flowing motion. However, if we look at the individual images, all we have is a series of still pictures. Comparing two sequential images, we might notice that the actor is in very slightly different locations in the two images. You could ask where is the image of the actor between those two images, but, in fact, it doesn't exist. Our mind builds a false impression of continuity.
