by RJN » Sun May 30, 2010 3:15 pm
Guess the Result of the Experiment of the Day (GRED)
A classic double slit experiment is done with light (photons) that creates an interference pattern on the image screen. The experiment is repeated, except now a thin, black, opaque divider is placed from the slit screen, dividing the two slits, to the image screen. Here is an ASCII schematic:
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| |
s |-----------------------------|
| opaque divider |
Photon Double Image
Source Slit Screen
Screen
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 GRED Answer post here:
http://asterisk.apod.com/vie ... 30&t=19610. Please check back there later -- what I believe to be the correct answer will be posted there a few days after this initial post.
Comments or questions here -- without spoilers -- are OK. In particular, questions about the experimental setup are OK.
Guess the Result of the Experiment of the Day (GRED)
A classic double slit experiment is done with light (photons) that creates an interference pattern on the image screen. The experiment is repeated, except now a thin, black, opaque divider is placed from the slit screen, dividing the two slits, to the image screen. Here is an ASCII schematic:
[code]
| |
s |-----------------------------|
| opaque divider |
Photon Double Image
Source Slit Screen
Screen
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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 GRED Answer post here: http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=19610. Please check back there later -- what I believe to be the correct answer will be posted there a few days after this initial post.
Comments or questions here -- without spoilers -- are OK. In particular, questions about the experimental setup are OK.