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I'm exploring quantum mechanics for fun and am in no way an expert.
I have a problem with understanding something:
If an atom would collapse if the electron acted like a particle and can only exist if the electron behaves as a wave (in a superposition) and if measuring an electron forces it to become a particle (chose a location), wouldn't photons of (visible) light hitting the electron turn it into a particle and thus destroy the atom?
How, then, does matter "survive"being illuminated?
I have a problem with understanding something:
If an atom would collapse if the electron acted like a particle and can only exist if the electron behaves as a wave (in a superposition) and if measuring an electron forces it to become a particle (chose a location), wouldn't photons of (visible) light hitting the electron turn it into a particle and thus destroy the atom?
How, then, does matter "survive"being illuminated?