P ch .

( Feynman
Double Slit Ezperiments Lectures : Vold
"
Postulates
"

② Mech is knit on

the mathematical
Anions that design
to develop the
framework necessary
understanding .

with Bullets
Experiment

hideous

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Det

.
-
In ¥ . . .

Plz
( hole 1
is
slit wood
blocked ) Plz Pit P2
=

Plank
 p
No .

of bullets that hits the detector

Total no .

of tweets fined .

Discrete Quantities
"
Bullets :
"

¥ 3g
FEM
at "

g
. .

T
. .
-
2

I
iz
F I, t Iz

I = I hit hz 12
iz

=
that 2 Ily I 1h21 cos 8
h, 2
.

I
,z
= If t IE t 2 TI Tiz cos 8 ,

term
¥ference .
 with Electrons
Same setup

FE
.

±÷÷÷÷÷i
..

Detector makes a BEEP every time it collects

an e- .
Elections arrive at the detector
"
"
discrete
like lumps
Pz rather similar to Interference
Piz f P, t ,

pattern
Bizarre !
Associate number ( Probability
a complex
event of hole i t Det : amplitude)
passing
-

to e
 hole 1 Detected
through t .

0,
-

: e
passes
t -

2
-
-
.
.

0/2
. .

: - - - -
-

Probability = 10,12

Pr = 10412 ; 172=10212

Paz = I it 0212
rpz cos 8
t 2
.

=
Pet Pz e-

Interference
term .

ltu
-

could assume
Q
e
:
that lead to
complicated paths distress
non trivial probability
-
 to
"
WATCH
''
the electrons
Let us try

I D:! IB
at

II. p
12
'

"
"' =

IT Piz
'

necessarily Mtv ?
=
:

Pz 's 22 '
Pz
'
=P,
'

N t

the
disrupt
-

" "
s
Q : Does watching e

interference pattern ?
relies on
Q Mech

}
-

YES I how a
measurement
is
tight ! made !
.

"
use
" dimmer
X increases and the interference pattern
does not change : .

y > d : Resolution is hampered !

" R B
to design an apparatus
"
It is impossiblewhich hole the e-

to determine
that will NIT at
passed through
time disturb the enough e-
the same ?
to destroy the interference pattern
-

Uncertainty Principle !
 Summary
P =
Probability
of =
Probability amplitude
P I 012
= .

0 = 0, t
02 P = I 0, t 0212 .