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[[Image: Interference_Pattern.png |thumb|alt=ALT TEXT| Figure 1: Interference Pattern using light and the Double Slit Experiment]]
  
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When sending monochromatic light through a double slit screen, the light arrives at the target screen showing a pattern of bright vertical bars separated by dark bars. This result is easily explained by the combination of peaks and valleys in the streams of light that hit the target. 
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Al-Kalili then shows how sand being poured through two slits, will generate two piles of sand. These two ideas seem disconnected, but Al-Kalili then shows how these effects occur when shooting electrons at the two slit screen.
  
  
 
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Revision as of 04:30, 25 October 2018

Central Mystery of Quantum Mechanics

The central mystery of Quantum Mechanics comes from the results of the double slit experiment. Scientists conclude that light is both a wave and a particle. This is called Wave/Particle Duality and it is difficult to explain. How can light be both at the same time? Jim Al-Kalili released an excellent video explaing the double slit experiment and its problems. [1]] This paper uses the Particle Model to explain each part of the experiment.

Light and the Interference Pattern

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Figure 1: Interference Pattern using light and the Double Slit Experiment

When sending monochromatic light through a double slit screen, the light arrives at the target screen showing a pattern of bright vertical bars separated by dark bars. This result is easily explained by the combination of peaks and valleys in the streams of light that hit the target.

Al-Kalili then shows how sand being poured through two slits, will generate two piles of sand. These two ideas seem disconnected, but Al-Kalili then shows how these effects occur when shooting electrons at the two slit screen.


Wave Particle Duality Detector