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It has become clear to me that my ability to express my question in a way to get the type of answer I'm looking for is inadequate. I will have to delay my pursuit of this question until I can find a better way to present my question. Sorry for having wasted everyone's time with this. Thank...

It is statements like these that make me think of energy 'moving' to end up in places they otherwise would not have occupied. This is actually the crux of my problem, the fact that the models I have been presented with in every explanation I have ever seen illustrate a circumstance that is not...

Sorry, I wasn't clear enough in my description when I referred to tracing a line from 'the' single slit I should have said from 'a' single slit in the double slit example. The energy that follows that line passes through regions in the interference pattern of both constructive and destructive...

Yes, but when I trace a line from the single slit to a location that corresponds to where destructive interference would be displayed on the double slit image, I have to wonder how the energy which was traveling on that straight line actually ended up in hitting the image in a neighboring...

Yes, but, how is the 'redistribution' accomplished?? Without the overlapping of the different waves the energy of each would occupy a specific place at a specific time. But, with the overlap the energy of each no longer occupies that space at that time and is instead at a 'nearby' location...

I read through the link you provided, however, it is over my head and does not give me a common sense understanding of how the energy is 'shifted' from one location to another in the interference pattern. I fear that you will have to try to talk 'down' to me.

Sorry to say that this explanation is 'greek' to me.

I have also puzzled about this many times. As you say above, "wherever there's destructive interference somewhere there's constructive interference somewhere else", but I've never understood how the energy is 'diverted' into those constructive areas from the destructive ones. I mean, a light...

Hi all, I am just an aging hippie who has always been interested in science. I have tried to keep up over the years reading Scientific American and other science mags. I have a fondness for all things 'Relativity' and hope to broaden my understanding through reading what is posted here. Thank...