I was referring to at least one example I had seen on YouTube (which again is all I currently have access to).
Start at 2:56. I do not know if this is a real experiment or a simulation for the video, but if you move through this video one frame at a time (which you can do with the left and...
Thankyou both for your reply. I agree with you that the initial statement was incorrect. That was the point I was trying (albeit very badly) to make. Every introduction to quantum physics seems to start the same way...with the double slit experiment and then statements like matter produces just...
Another newbie question if I may...
I have previously questioned some of the general assumptions made about the double slit experiment. Particularly the idea that particles of matter cannot create an 'interference pattern'. I always read that if you shot matter at a double slit that you would...
Thanks for your response yuiop.
It is really only the central band in my experiment that was created by the bouncing inside the tunnels. The back of the slit wall showed where some balls landed that went straight through the tunnels (without touching the sides) and then hit the back wall...
I decided to try out my idea and built a double slit experiment to use with golf ball sized foam balls. I was able to create what looks to me to be an 'interference pattern'. It is loaded on youtube now, if you are interested in pointing out the mistakes I have surely made, you can access it at .
Thankyou so much for your feedback - I know I am such a newbie that I shouldn't even be commenting, but I do find this all very interesting. I did originally think that the whole back screen would be entirely lit up, but eventually decided I didnt think it would be. Certainly the middle band...
Ahhh I attempted in my previous post to use the 'attachment' option, but cannot seem to locate the attachments after the posting, so have linked to them below.
http://users.tpg.com.au/hreeves/LongSlitsInMiddle.png
http://users.tpg.com.au/hreeves/SlitsInFirstDarkBand.png...
Oooh busy Christmas period finally over…..OK back to my question.
I can see firstly that I have an awful lot of reading to do, as I don’t yet fully understand some of the comments made above and why they so clearly prove that the bouncing idea is impossible. (as mentioned before I am a...
I am relatively new to QM and so have a couple of basic questions for you all.
I understand that the double slit experiment creates an ‘interference pattern’. What bothers me, is that it seems like an assumption to me, that the pattern created could *only* have been made by two waves...