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DaveC426913
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I was browsing about the double slit experiment and found the following tidbit on Wiki:
I knew that electrons could interfere with themselves - I understand how an electron can act like a wave. Even an atom I can understand.
But a molecule?
This isn't merely suggesting that the molecule behaves wavelike, or has a resonant frequency, it is suggesting that the molecule itself is somehow passing through both slits simultaneously.
This is difficult to absorb.
(emphasis mine)The clear implication is that something with a wavelike nature passes simultaneously through both slits and interferes with itself — even though there is only one photon present.
(The experiment works with electrons, atoms, and even some molecules too.)
I knew that electrons could interfere with themselves - I understand how an electron can act like a wave. Even an atom I can understand.
But a molecule?
This isn't merely suggesting that the molecule behaves wavelike, or has a resonant frequency, it is suggesting that the molecule itself is somehow passing through both slits simultaneously.
This is difficult to absorb.