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there's something that is annoying me, because I can't find a explanation
It's about the classical double slit experiment, where you have two screens, and one of them has 2 narrow slits
then you launch a photon against the screens, and if there are no detectors in the slits, you observe an interference pattern in the background screen
But my understanding is that any interaction of the wavefunction with whatever thing collapses it, so I think that the wavefunction should collapse as a result of its interaction with the borders of the slits, even if there's no measuring apparatus in the slits, hence the interference pattern shoudn't be observed in any circunstance
Comments are appreciated
It's about the classical double slit experiment, where you have two screens, and one of them has 2 narrow slits
then you launch a photon against the screens, and if there are no detectors in the slits, you observe an interference pattern in the background screen
But my understanding is that any interaction of the wavefunction with whatever thing collapses it, so I think that the wavefunction should collapse as a result of its interaction with the borders of the slits, even if there's no measuring apparatus in the slits, hence the interference pattern shoudn't be observed in any circunstance
Comments are appreciated