by RJN » Mon May 24, 2010 3:16 pm
A classic double slit experiment is done with electrons emitted toward two slits followed by an image screen. An interference pattern is seen on the screen. Now the electron source is slowed to emit a single electron at a time, so that only a single electron goes through the experiment at a time. What pattern appears on the image screen?
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A classic double slit experiment is done with electrons emitted toward two slits followed by an image screen. An interference pattern is seen on the screen. Now the electron source is slowed to emit a single electron at a time, so that only a single electron goes through the experiment at a time. What pattern appears on the image screen?
Please do NOT post any answers or comments with spoilers here. Answers and comments with spoilers are encouraged in this post: http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=19543 .
Comments or questions here -- without spoilers -- are OK. In particular, questions about the experimental setup are OK.