 Quote by flinky
yeah I get this, but looking at the two slit experiment hypothetically speaking the wave propagates through the slit towards the wall and hits the wall at two separate points at exactly the same time, interacting in two different places at exactly the same time. does this mean two photons would be created from the one wave? taking into account the uncertainty of where the photon is in a wave and assuming there's only one photon per wave then a photon must be more than just interaction if this hypothetical situation could arise
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The EM wave, or wavefunction of the photon, travels through the two slits, interferes with itself, and makes a pattern on the wall or detector. A photon can be detected anywhere within this pattern, with the probability being greater or lesser depending on where in the pattern you are looking.
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