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- Is there an interference pattern using a single particle?
What I've seen of the experiment involves sending a stream of particles through the slits. I'm extrapolating when I say that the interference pattern could be caused by electromagnetic fields (in the case of massive particles), especially because the particles are moving and probably spinning as well.
I've also seen a single photon slowed down to nearly stopping, so it seems that sending a single photon (is possible and) might reveal whether or not a photon has a wave component (a position probability cloud). My guess is that it would not. It's tricky in my mind, because to send a single photon, the photon would already be a particle.
The question of mass: There are different forms of mass, so could some force similar to the emf be acting on mass-less photons?
I've also seen a single photon slowed down to nearly stopping, so it seems that sending a single photon (is possible and) might reveal whether or not a photon has a wave component (a position probability cloud). My guess is that it would not. It's tricky in my mind, because to send a single photon, the photon would already be a particle.
The question of mass: There are different forms of mass, so could some force similar to the emf be acting on mass-less photons?
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