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When electrons are passed through a double slit and can either display a wave-like interference pattern or a particle-like build-up pattern, is that because their momentum/direction is changed by the measuring device interacting with them, or due to some other feature associated with being recorded?
The first explanation makes more intuitive sense, but I seem to recall hearing that the interference pattern will still be visible despite the act of interacting with the electrons when detecting them, as long as the record (of which slit each electron passed through) is destroyed.
The first explanation makes more intuitive sense, but I seem to recall hearing that the interference pattern will still be visible despite the act of interacting with the electrons when detecting them, as long as the record (of which slit each electron passed through) is destroyed.