JAINA Convention 2017 07 Edison NJ

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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JAINA CONVENTION 2017
In spite of all this, surprisingly the experimental results obtained from both slits with reference to electrons and waves are similar to each other.
The experiment shows that the electron behaves in the form of a particle, when one slit is opened, while it behaves in the form of a wave when two slits are opened.
The question: "'Is an electron a particle or a wave?" therefore, remains unsolved from the viewpoint of modern physics.
Jain scriptures clearly explain this phenomenon. Jain religious treatises state that áabda (sound), Andhakira (darkness), Udyota (cooling, soothing light i.e. moonlight), Etapa (hot light i.e. sunlight), Prabh; (irregular spread reflection, interference etc. of light) are modifications of prime matter. All the aforesaid phenomena are constituted of microscopic particles (parami, us) of a matter.
There are infinite types of paramj, u-units, Varga, js in the universe but there are only eight classified types of Vargas, which are useful to living beings. From eight Vargas photons of all types of visible and invisible light rays belong to the Taijas Varga,;. Taijas means light or electricity. Since all electromagnetic waves are created with electricity, they also belong to Taijas Varga,j.
Jain philosophy absolutely accepts light in the form of corpuscles. I give an explanation of the phenomenon of interference of light with the help of the corpuscle theory only. Of course, when light, propagate in space, their path is serpentine. Thus there is no difficulty about acceptance of the corpuscular theory of light.
In the phenomenon of interference when the path difference between the two waves, is 0, 1, 2 1, 31,....hl then the crest of one wave falls on the crest of the other wave and also trough of one wave falls on the trough of the other wave and as a result constructive interference takes place. If the path difference between two waves is, 2 32 52
à en crest of one wave
(2n
2, 2, 2 , ......" falls on the trough of the other wave as a result destructive interference takes place.
In modern physics the intensity of light or waves depends upon the amplitude of waves. It is directly proportional to the amplitude. In the phenomenon of constructive interference, amplitude of resultant wave becomes double, and intensity of a wave is directly proportional to the square of its amplitude.
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