Re: Logic behind wave from single electron's double slit experiment ?

On Apr 12, 9:52 pm, "g...@xxxxxxxxxxx" <g...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In the experiment, when a single electron at a time is fired:

1. If there is only one slit then a wave pattern is NOT formed?
(How about light through a single slit (any pattern or interference
pattern)?

2. But when two slits are used then a wave interference pattern is
formed.

In #2, don't electrons generate an EM field, even in a vacuum chamber
instead of a wire?

3. If so then could it be its EM field(same as a light wave) is
generating the interference pattern (using two slits) instead of the
electron....or would that form a much weaker (less intense) pattern
then that of the electron??

Actually, it's a pattern that's built up after many electrons are
fired at the slits. But the pattern follows the probability density
distribution which happens to be the squared amplitude of the electron
wave function. While the wave function can be influenced by EM
fields, it is completely independent of them. Of course, the same
type of things happen for EM waves, but then the particles in question
are photons, not electrons.


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