Is single particle interference explainable via entanglement?

[San K]

Do you think that:

Single particle interference is explainable via entanglement?

For example: in the single particle double slit experiment

 

[jtbell]

What does the single particle entangle with?

 

[San K]

What does the single particle entangle with?

with the detector, during which-way part of the experiment...

 

[mfb]

If you entangle the particle with the detector in a significant way, you won't see interference. So: No, entanglement with the detector cannot explain interference.

 

[San K]

If you entangle the particle with the detector in a significant way, you won't see interference. So: No, entanglement with the detector cannot explain interference.

does entanglement explain absence of interference?

 

[Vanadium 50]

San K, you have by my count posted 149 questions on some aspect of quantum mechanics, many of which are duplicates of each other. I think we can safely conclude that this method of yours is not working.

I think part of the reason this isn't working is that you are trying to learn quantum mechanics without learning quantum mechanics. That is, you are not taking a course in it, and you're not learning to do calculations. Physics is not about trying to put the words together in the right order.

At this point, I think you have two options: accept the answers you have been given, or start learning QM formally - take a class and work through a textbook, etc. Asking the same questions over and over and over is not an option anymore: it's clearly not working, and it just makes other people cross.