Can we really observe the average trajectories of single photons?

[Pythagorean]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110602143159.htm

Sacha Kocsis, Boris Braverman, Sylvain Ravets, Martin J. Stevens, Richard P. Mirin, L. Krister Shalm, Aephraim M. Steinberg. Observing the Average Trajectories of Single Photons in a Two-Slit Interferometer. Science, 2011; 332 (6034): 1170-1173 DOI: 10.1126/science.1202218

 

[rhody]

Ok, I will bite, do you feel "suggests" is too strongly worded, that behavior of a "wave-icle" (hey, I think I just invented a new word !) is wishful thinking, or that it exists, can be described in the first place ?

Complementarity states that observing particle-like or wave-like behaviour in the double-slit experiment depends on the type of measurement made: the system cannot behave as both a particle and wave simultaneously. Steinberg's recent experiment suggests this doesn't have to be the case: the system can behave as both.

Rhody...

P.S. Crap, someone already http://www.unwords.com/unword/waveicle.html" it, without the hypen.

 

[Newai]

P.S. Crap, someone already http://www.unwords.com/unword/waveicle.html" it, without the hypen.

That's because it's impossible to invent a new word and use it at the same time.