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Old 11-07-2007, 08:54 PM
DougShrapnel DougShrapnel is offline
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Default Re: Do I Misunderstand The Double Slit Experiment

Metric, is the eraser experiment similar to a double split experiment with a moving detector? Let's say you have a moving detector between the slits and the screen. When the detector is very close to the slits, close enough to determine which slit a photon went thru, the interference pattern disappears. If you move the detector further back toward the screen, to a point where it becomes impossible to answer a which slit question, the interference pattern is displayed.
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