Re: Single photon double slit expe interpretation

From: Greysky (greyskynospam_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 01/10/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 07:03:54 GMT

"Golden Boar" <goldenboar@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> What would happen if there were more than 2 slits?
>

Bifurcation, that's what happens.

The neatest interference pattern you can have is with only 2 slits
contributing to the whole. The more slits you have the more pathways you get
the more complex the resultant interference pattern will be. Eventually you
will devolve the pattern stochastically to noise (no discernable pattern).
But that's OK too - quantum randomness is what makes the world go around ;)

Greysky

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