The Double-Slit Experiment: How Quantum Mechanics Defies Classical Logic
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Avery Thompson, Jessica Coulon
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The article explains the famous double-slit experiment in quantum mechanics, which demonstrates the wave-particle duality of light. When photons are fired one at a time through two slits, they still create an interference pattern as if each photon passes through both slits simultaneously, challenging classical intuition about how particles should behave.
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· 3 pulledIt's one of the most bizarre experiments in modern physics, and cuts to the heart of the weirdness of quantum mechanics.
Turns out, even though there's only one photon, it still forms an interference pattern.
It's as if the photon
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