What is the double-slit experiment?
Q: What is the double-slit experiment?
A: The double-slit experiment in quantum mechanics is an experiment, which was first performed by physicist Thomas Young in 1801. It shows that light has both a wave nature and a particle nature, and that these natures are inseparable.
Q: Who first performed the double-slit experiment?
A: The double-slit experiment was first performed by physicist Thomas Young in 1801.
Q: What does the double-slit experiment show?
A: The double-slit experiment shows that light has both a wave nature and a particle nature, and that these natures are inseparable. So, light is said to have wave–particle duality rather than be only a wave or only a particle. The same is true for electrons and other quantum particles.
Q: Is it possible for light to be either just a wave or just a particle?
A: No, it is not possible for light to be either just a wave or just a particle; instead, it has both properties of waves and particles simultaneously - this phenomenon is known as wave–particle duality. This also applies to electrons and other quantum particles.
Q: What type of duality does light have?
A: Light has what is known as "wave–particle duality" - meaning it has both properties of waves and particles simultaneously. This also applies to electrons and other quantum particles.
Q: Does the same apply to electrons as well?
A: Yes, the same principle of having both properties of waves and particles simultaneously - known as "wave–particle duality" - applies to electrons and other quantum particles too.
Q: When did this phenomenon become known as 'wave–particle duality'?
A: Wave–Particle Duality became widely accepted after Thomas Young's experiments in 1801 with the Double Slit Experiment showed that light had both properties of waves and particles simultaneously
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