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Wade888
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Something I've wondered about the Double Slit Experiment is what happens to photons which fail to pass through either slit, and what is their behavior?
Why not put some detectors on the source side of the slits during a double slit experiment to try to determine whether the photons are behaving like a particle or wave even before they reach the slits? For example, will the photon be found to be "interfering with itself" or alternating particle/wave properties even before it reaches the slits?
To test this, I was thinking of putting detectors between the two slits, above, below, and on either side of them in order to find out if the photons, or anything else, hits the source side of the obstacle during the experiment.
Why not put some detectors on the source side of the slits during a double slit experiment to try to determine whether the photons are behaving like a particle or wave even before they reach the slits? For example, will the photon be found to be "interfering with itself" or alternating particle/wave properties even before it reaches the slits?
To test this, I was thinking of putting detectors between the two slits, above, below, and on either side of them in order to find out if the photons, or anything else, hits the source side of the obstacle during the experiment.