one_photon_at_a_time mp21k What's_the_'Point'? "Double-slit experiment" 041111 ... http The double-slit experiment consists of letting light diffract through two slits producing fringes on a screen. These fringes or interference patterns have light and dark regions corresponding to where the light waves have constructively and destructively interfered. The experiment can also be performed with a beam of electrons or atoms, showing similar interference patterns; this is taken as evidence of the "wave-particle duality" explained by quantum_physics. http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/double_slit_experiment 041111 ... sab when stuff gets hard and it slows down to a crawl i jsut gotta remind myself to take it one photon at a time 041111 ... m21k "Description of the Experiment" This is a simulation of single particles (electrons or photons) being detected on a screen after passing through a pair of closely spaced vertically aligned slits. Where each particle lands is governed by probabilities. http://www.ianford.com/dslit/ In the vertical direction (the y axis), the probability is uniform. In other words, from top to bottom, the particle is equally likely to land anywhere. In the horizontal direction (the x axis) , the probability is proportional to the square of a sine function. The relative probability can be written P(x) = sin^2 x, where x runs from 0 to f*pi, f being the number of bands (equal to the number of fringes in the corresponding classical interference pattern). This probability function is valid if the slit-to-screen distance is much greater than the slit spacing, and the width of each slit is less than the wavelength. In the simulation, f is chosen to be 4. 041111 ... kx21 Oops... Let_there_be_'Light':- * Time_and_Causality_of_Karma 123 * 1) How Stuff Works 2) How Things Works 3) When stuff gets hard or soft... 041111 ... f thats very scientific of you! (3) Photon, why do you decide to be located on the opposite side of the Galaxy from me? 041112 ... kx21 OOps... * The_Graces_from_Heaven * Positive (Opposite "side") + Negative (Odd "Size") = "Flat_Universe"... Is that the Final_Answer? 041112 ... unhinged if i could separate you into your smallest parts maybe it wouldn't hurt so much to look at you to be without you molecules neutrons photons all hitting me so fast that my brain barely has time to register the affects my heart arrested a quantum_entanglement even my neurons can't comprehend damn does it hurt to look at you hitting me one photon at a time 041113 ... hsg THEY_KNOW-THEY'RE_BEING_WATCHED 080220 ... hsg THEY_KNOW_THEY'RE_BEING_WATCHED 080220 ... unhinged molecules of you like oxygen water light dramatic_irony of i can't stop at a smirk i hesitate to name it 181011 ... unhinged turns out the whole time i thought your photons were right next to me you were on planet chokeme where the only way i could get you to love me is where i let you hurt me but i thought the smiles actions words actually meant something quantum_entanglement 190512 ... unhinged damn did it hurt even more to know your photons would never hit me again 230313 what's it to you? who go blather from