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What is the wave function of double-slit experiment?
In modern physics, the double-slit experiment is a demonstration that light and matter can display characteristics of both classically defined waves and particles; moreover, it displays the fundamentally probabilistic nature of quantum mechanical phenomena.
Are humans a wave function?
In fact, if we can define it, we can quantify just how “wave-like” a particle or set of particles is. Even an entire human being, under the right conditions, can act like a quantum wave. (Although, good luck with measuring that.)
Can anyone explain the double-slit experiment?
One of the most famous experiments in physics is the double slit experiment. It demonstrates, with unparalleled strangeness, that little particles of matter have something of a wave about them, and suggests that the very act of observing a particle has a dramatic effect on its behaviour.
What is the wavefunction of the double slit experiment?
In the case of the double slit experiment, the probability of finding the photon at the specific (x,y) of the screen. The wavefunction exists in our copy books and our computers as a mathematical formula valid continuously.
Does Consciousness collapse the wave function?
In the 1920’s and 1930’s, some quantum physicists considered the possibility that consciousness collapses the wave function. This possibility is suggested by an odd aspect of the Double Slit Experiment. When the “which path” information is discovered about the quantum particle in any manner whatsoever, the wave function collapses.
Does the wave function tell us when a photon will collapse?
The wave function does not calculate when the collapse will occur. To the contrary, the wave function tells us that the photon continues to evolve and will continue to evolve indefinitely. Nothing in the wave function gives us a hint that the evolution of the photon’s trajectories will soon come to an abrupt halt.
Does the wave function break down over time?
The wave function does not break down in any of the senses of the definition of the world collapse. It is always there, in our copy books and computers. A single measurement picks up an instance, and accumulation of measurements gives the probability distribution that the wavefunction so successfully models.