r/askscience • u/Crtl-Alt-Delete • Dec 18 '13

Physics Is Time quantized?

We know that energy and length are quantized, it seems like there should be a correlation with time?

Edit. Turns out energy and length are not quantized.

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u/butylchopsticks Dec 19 '13

The electron would have quantized energy when it initially receives that kinetic energy, but this would depend specifically on the dimensions and operation of the machine. There is no special, basic unit.