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- Does wave function changes when photon going through two slits from view point of a photon?
The question arose when watching Sean Carroll video: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe _ Q&A 6 - Spacetime 3:50 - 13:30
Because photons follow null geodesic in spacetime the question arose from viewers:
"photons do they really
experience no time this is a question"
And in the answer:
"but if you just follow along the crest
of that wave nothing is changing no time
is passing from that point of view"
The above was about photon moving through space.
But how about more complex things, like going through two slits, reflection from a mirror, going through interferometer? Does wave function also same from photon viewpoint?
P.S. I recall reflection is sometimes explained by re-emission, but e.g. for two slits I do not recall similar things.
Because photons follow null geodesic in spacetime the question arose from viewers:
"photons do they really
experience no time this is a question"
And in the answer:
"but if you just follow along the crest
of that wave nothing is changing no time
is passing from that point of view"
The above was about photon moving through space.
But how about more complex things, like going through two slits, reflection from a mirror, going through interferometer? Does wave function also same from photon viewpoint?
P.S. I recall reflection is sometimes explained by re-emission, but e.g. for two slits I do not recall similar things.
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