Physics The Double and Triple Slit Experiments

[Chief]

"The superposition principle is always valid—what is not valid is the inaccurate application of the superposition principle to a system with two or three slits," he said.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2017-01-physicists-exotic-looped-trajectories-three-slit.html#jCp

Of COURSE I know what this means. Of course I do.

 

[Jack Gun Cyril Stun]

"The superposition principle is always valid—what is not valid is the inaccurate application of the superposition principle to a system with two or three slits," he said.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2017-01-physicists-exotic-looped-trajectories-three-slit.html#jCp

Of COURSE I know what this means. Of course I do.

Haha...I thought I had a reasonable comprehension of this experiment or at least used to many years ago.
I'm going to have to read this a few times!
Was the double slit experiment result the basis for the multi universe theory?

 

[Deaneus!]

I don't understand, but I love it

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Haha...I thought I had a reasonable comprehension of this experiment or at least used to many years ago.
I'm going to have to read this a few times!
Was the double slit experiment result the basis for the multi universe theory?

Don't think so. I think it forms part of the basis for the wave-particle duality of light. This can only occur with a wave, and apparently occurs with a single photon. Other aspects of light's behaviour can only occur with a particle.

The triple slit I can't remember a thing about.

 

[bontshow]

The triple slit I can't remember a thing about.

I think it's new

The new three-slit experiment with looped trajectories is just one of many variations of the original double-slit experiment

 

[Jack Gun Cyril Stun]

Apparently a guy called Walter Russell, a talented sculptor, writer, philosopher etc of his time had it all figured well over 50 years ago.
The experiment is explained on his site as linked below though this seems an offshoot of his more extensive publications about the true nature of the universe which cover all relationships between matter and energy, and between electricity and magnetism.
It seems his main theory is this is an "electric universe of motion, not a Newtonian gravitational universe."

Anyway, just starting (trying to read) his stuff, its all too complex for me.

http://walter-russell.com/double-slit-experiment/

 

[Snake_Baker]

I'm not buying it at first glance.

Let's see how it stands up to further testing and analysis.

 

[Norwegian Blue]

Anyone wanting to read further on the two slit experiment could have a look at Anil Ananthaswamy's "Through Two Doors at Once: The Elegant Experiment That Captures the Enigma of Our Quantum Reality". It's aimed squarely at the layperson and keeps the equations to a minimum. It got a write up in SciAm a few months back, which is where I heard of it.