Time in the Double Slit Experiment. In our real world, we travel through space to reach a location (x, y, and z) at time (t). Since we travel through the.
Time in the Double Slit Experiment In our real world, we travel through space to reach a location (x, y, and z) at time (t). Since we travel through the space (space-time), neither you nor I can occupy the exact same (x, y, z) position at the same time (t). The quantum world is the reverse of the real world. Here we travel by individual time (space-time) to reach a location (x, y, and z). Therefore each of us can occupy the exact same (x, y, z) location in the quantum world since our individual times are different. This is how it works using the double slit experiment as an example. Essentially, any wave that passes through two narrow, parallel slits in our real world will form an interference pattern on a screen. Einstein said that mass and energy are equivalent in his equation (E = mc²). Light is an example of a mass or particle that also has an associated wave. A wave can also be thought of a string that is equivalent in energy to the light particle. If you shoot single photons at a double slit an interference pattern is formed. The standard interpretation is that the photon’s wave (string) is a wave of probabilities because you don’t know which of the two slits the individual photon will enter. If you try to determine which slit the proton goes through by observation (measurement) using different locations and techniques the interference pattern disappears. Let’s look at time in the quantum world for a solution since light is a quantum particle which also exists in our real world. A wave (string) in the quantum world represents a quantum particle in time. Each wave has a time value (for example 9.156626506) that represents the quantum particle. If the time value wave of a quantum particle is observed, then the quantum particle’s time value wave converts to the equivalent quantum particle and shows on the screen. It can be said, therefore, that a particle in the quantum world can be represented by: 1. 2. 3.
