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When you say "non-interfering point source" do you literally mean that it will be a point on the screen? Or will it be a range of intensities like you would expect from a single slit, brightest in the middle and then fading away? Also another question: what exactly is it about the detector that...

Wow, thanks for taking the time to give such a detailed explanation! I've drawn a diagram and I'm pretty sure I understand what you describe but I think I need a bit of time to reflect on it. I'll definitely have more questions though. Thanks again.

Hi, I'm new here and have been thinking about the double slit experiment (with one photon at a time). As I understand it, you fire one photon, it goes through both slits, interferes with itself and hits a point on the detector according to probabilities that correspond to what you would...