Has anyone experimentally tested momentum/angle…
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Has anyone experimentally tested momentum/angle measurements at the detector screen in double-slit experiments?"
Let me preface by saying that I have zero physics knowledge. I am a complete noob.
In double-slit interference experiments with electrons, we know that placing detectors near the slits to determine which-path information destroys the interference pattern.
However, I'm curious about a different approach: What if we don't disturb the electron during flight at all, but instead measure its momentum/arrival angle very precisely at the detector screen after impact?
In principle, the electron's arrival angle should contain information about which slit it came through (similar to forensic ballistics analysis). My question is:
1. Has this specific experiment been done - measuring impact momentum/angle with enough precision to distinguish which-slit origins?
2. If yes, what were the results?
3. If no, is it a technical limitation or are there theoretical reasons to expect it wouldn't work?
Standard explanations cite the uncertainty principle, but I'm wondering if this exact experimental configuration has been empirically tested."
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Let me preface by saying that I have zero physics knowledge. I am a complete noob.
In double-slit interference experiments with electrons, we know that placing detectors near the slits to determine which-path information destroys the interference pattern.
However, I'm curious about a different approach: What if we don't disturb the electron during flight at all, but instead measure its momentum/arrival angle very precisely at the detector screen after impact?
In principle, the electron's arrival angle should contain information about which slit it came through (similar to forensic ballistics analysis). My question is:
1. Has this specific experiment been done - measuring impact momentum/angle with enough precision to distinguish which-slit origins?
2. If yes, what were the results?
3. If no, is it a technical limitation or are there theoretical reasons to expect it wouldn't work?
Standard explanations cite the uncertainty principle, but I'm wondering if this exact experimental configuration has been empirically tested."
Sonnet 4.5
#science
source
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