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From: mpc755 on 21 May 2010 23:55 On May 20, 2:35 pm, BURT <macromi...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > In the 1930's Einstein questioned what he won the Nobel prize for. He > said he could not reconcile the wave of light with a particle. in the > end. > > Light is only a wave. It has no momentum like matter. > > Mitch Raemsch In a double slit experiment, detectors are placed at the exits to the slits. Why is the photon always detected exiting a single slit? Why isn't the light wave detected exiting both slits? The photon 'particle' has an associated wave and the particle always enters and exits a single slit while the associated wave enters and exits both slits. The associated wave creates interference which alters the direction the photon 'particle' travels. Detecting the 'particle' causes decoherence of the associated wave and there is no interference.
From: BURT on 22 May 2010 00:08 On May 21, 8:55 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On May 20, 2:35 pm, BURT <macromi...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > In the 1930's Einstein questioned what he won the Nobel prize for. He > > said he could not reconcile the wave of light with a particle. in the > > end. > > > Light is only a wave. It has no momentum like matter. > > > Mitch Raemsch > > In a double slit experiment, detectors are placed at the exits to the > slits. Why is the photon always detected exiting a single slit? Why > isn't the light wave detected exiting both slits? > > The photon 'particle' has an associated wave and the particle always > enters and exits a single slit while the associated wave enters and > exits both slits. The associated wave creates interference which > alters the direction the photon 'particle' travels. Detecting the > 'particle' causes decoherence of the associated wave and there is no > interference. In the two slit experiment for electrons when there is light the wave pattern goes away and the electrons pile up behind the holes instead. Take away the light and it goes back to the wave pattern. Mitch Raemsch
From: mpc755 on 22 May 2010 06:04 On May 22, 12:08 am, BURT <macromi...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On May 21, 8:55 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On May 20, 2:35 pm, BURT <macromi...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > In the 1930's Einstein questioned what he won the Nobel prize for. He > > > said he could not reconcile the wave of light with a particle. in the > > > end. > > > > Light is only a wave. It has no momentum like matter. > > > > Mitch Raemsch > > > In a double slit experiment, detectors are placed at the exits to the > > slits. Why is the photon always detected exiting a single slit? Why > > isn't the light wave detected exiting both slits? > > > The photon 'particle' has an associated wave and the particle always > > enters and exits a single slit while the associated wave enters and > > exits both slits. The associated wave creates interference which > > alters the direction the photon 'particle' travels. Detecting the > > 'particle' causes decoherence of the associated wave and there is no > > interference. > > In the two slit experiment for electrons when there is light the wave > pattern goes away and the electrons pile up behind the holes instead. > Take away the light and it goes back to the wave pattern. > > Mitch Raemsch We are not discussing electrons. We are discussing a photon. You insist a photon is a light wave which does not have an associated 'particle'. If detectors are placed at the exits to the slits in a double slit experiment why is the photon always detected exiting a single slit? Why isn't the light wave detected exiting both slits? The light wave does exit both slits, correct? The photon wave has an associated 'particle' and the 'particle' always enters and exits a single slit while the associated wave enters and exits both slits. The associated wave creates interference which alters the direction the photon 'particle' travels. Detecting the 'particle' causes decoherence of the associated wave and there is no interference.
From: GogoJF on 22 May 2010 11:33 On May 20, 1:35 pm, BURT <macromi...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > In the 1930's Einstein questioned what he won the Nobel prize for. He > said he could not reconcile the wave of light with a particle. in the > end. > > Light is only a wave. It has no momentum like matter. > > Mitch Raemsch Burt, in my humble opinion, light is neither a wave or a particle- but the end product of both. Particle and wave is associated with motion. Light is the sink of the particle/wave.
From: mpc755 on 22 May 2010 11:47
On May 22, 11:33 am, GogoJF <jfgog...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On May 20, 1:35 pm, BURT <macromi...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > In the 1930's Einstein questioned what he won the Nobel prize for. He > > said he could not reconcile the wave of light with a particle. in the > > end. > > > Light is only a wave. It has no momentum like matter. > > > Mitch Raemsch > > Burt, in my humble opinion, light is neither a wave or a particle- but > the end product of both. Particle and wave is associated with > motion. Light is the sink of the particle/wave. Where the Copenhagen interpretation is incorrect is in thinking the particle behaves like a wave. As you state, light is both wave and particle. This means the wave behaves as all waves do and enters and exits both slits in a double slit experiment and the particle behaves as all particles do and enters and exits a single slit in a double slit experiment. The wave creates interference upon exiting the slits which alters the direction the particle travels. Detecting the particle causes decoherence of the associated wave and there is no interference. The particle occupies a very small region of the wave. |