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The two slit experiment still works if you emit a single particle at a time. Which means that the wave nature is not an emergent property of a group of particle
by burnished 2y ago
The two slit experiment still works if you emit a single particle at a time. Which means that the wave nature is not an emergent property of a group of particles, but observable in just one.
- nanomonkey 2y agoThe two slit experiment, fundamentally requires more than one particle, as the slits themselves are made of matter. While one photon travels through the experiment at a time, there are many particles interacting and influencing the fields that the photon travels through. In the information theory of Physics there are thought experiments about deep space, where one particle may be essentially all alone, in such cases the particle's decoherence becomes quite dramatic.
- Maxatar 2y agoIt's not observable in just one electron, as you pointed out it takes multiple particles to be emitted before the wave like properties are observable.
- burnished 2y agoThe electrons do not need to interact. You can emit them at a cadence of once a week and eventually see evidence of a wave nature.
- Maxatar 2y agoI don't see the significance of your statement or how it's relevant to the point. As you once again just said, you eventually, after emitting multiple electrons see the wave like properties emerge.