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fizzzzzzzzzzzy · 2007-01-21 23:31:59

i dont quite understand how the double slit experiment makes sence with photons.

Chris · 2007-01-21 23:57:53

You aren't the only one.

See my article here:

http://www.ilovephysics.com/archives/20 … or-a-wave/

BenTheMan · 2007-01-22 03:14:39

fiz...zy:

Could you clarify your question a little bit? The double slit experiment actually makes sense with photons. Classically, light is described by a wave equation, and one can do the double slit experiment with water. (I looked for pictures but couldn't find them.)

It doesn't make sense with electrons.

Chris · 2007-01-23 22:10:44

That depends, Ben. If you think of light as photons (particles) as Fizz mentions, then it still doesn't "make sense".

Lacking any further clarification, the answer to your question, Fizz, is that the double-slit experiment does what it does. If nature tells us something that we didn't expect, then we were initially wrong.

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