Wednesday, October 3, 2012

1210.0432 (Fotini Pallikari)

On the question of wavefunction collapse in a double-slit diffraction
experiment
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Fotini Pallikari
It was recently proposed that the fringe visibility in the interference pattern of a double-slit diffraction experiment with a HeNe laser beam was reduced as a consequence of the focused attention of participants on the double-slit that initiated the collapse of the photon wavefunction. A thorough examination of the reported apparatus and diffraction pattern data is presented here revealing a number of inconsistencies in the experimental setup. The hypothesis for wavefunction collapse under the proposed experimental conditions is found problematic as the use of single photon sources is demanded.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.0432

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