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I have a few basic questions about the double slit experiment and was hoping someone might be able to answer them.
1) How far apart from each other would have I have to make the slits so effectively no detection took place? E.g. is there a limit to how far the wave function can spread and a detection still take place?
2) I am assuming that the orientation of the slits is irrelevant? E.g. I'd still see the same interference pattern if the slits were horizontal or even at some angle?
3) If I removed the screen with two slits and just fired electrons one at a time at a target area, what sort of distribution would I see? E.g. would I I see a circular distribution around the target point? Would there be less electron being detected further away from the target point?
4) Has the experiment ever been done with two sets of slits? Say with the second set of slits at some distance away from the first and at a different distance apart? I was just trying to understand if there has to be a direct line of sight between the source and the detection point for a detection to take place or if the wave like property would still lead to a detection even if there was no direct line of sight?
Thanks
1) How far apart from each other would have I have to make the slits so effectively no detection took place? E.g. is there a limit to how far the wave function can spread and a detection still take place?
2) I am assuming that the orientation of the slits is irrelevant? E.g. I'd still see the same interference pattern if the slits were horizontal or even at some angle?
3) If I removed the screen with two slits and just fired electrons one at a time at a target area, what sort of distribution would I see? E.g. would I I see a circular distribution around the target point? Would there be less electron being detected further away from the target point?
4) Has the experiment ever been done with two sets of slits? Say with the second set of slits at some distance away from the first and at a different distance apart? I was just trying to understand if there has to be a direct line of sight between the source and the detection point for a detection to take place or if the wave like property would still lead to a detection even if there was no direct line of sight?
Thanks