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The
double slit experiment in quantum physics reveals much important but
unexplained phenomenon about the nature of this universe. The double
slit experiment is basic to understanding quantum physics, without
understanding this experiment fully it is impossible to fully understand
quantum physics because there will be too many large questions left
unanswered. Not to understand this experiment at its most basic one will
never even comprehend the marvels of the quantum world, the root of existence as we sense it.
Many
thoughts and minds have been used to interpret this phenomenon, and
from such we have parallel universes, even holographic universes, if we
can endure these explanations we can indulge another thought, mixing
things up a little bit more.
Many believe it is too
complicated to actually understand why at times what is considered a
particle behaves like a wave at times and a solid particle at other
times. Terry Rudolph, a professor from Imperial College London mentioned
some very interesting revelations about simplicity in a lecture he gave
that was recorded on 29 October 2014 and uploaded on YouTube. The video
is entitled
Quantum Theory: it's unreal.
Rudolph showed a
complicated slide of how to explain the movements of planets when
taking the earth as the center of the solar system. The picture one gets
is a complicated illustration of twirling circles, known as epicycles.
But when the truth reveals itself it is much more simpler. When taking
the sun as the center of the solar system everything else makes sense and a whole new science develops on the correct path.
Rudolph
also kick started of the presentation with a good question what would a
banana fundamentally be with human beings. The immediate answer to
most would be a banana is a banana anyway in the universe because it's
atomic structure must remain the same across all existence. However one
thinking in a quantum manner would have to say no consciousness plays a
crucial part in the world around us. A banana at the end of it all is
just a conscious construction that happens to be there because human
beings exist. At the end of the lecture no new thoughts are given though
a question raised, quantum physics is stuck at further explanations to
the double slit experiment and implications.
Usually
subjects/ disciplines miss a key principle that they have skirted
around, but extremely important principle that is needed to change the
thought patterns. In a subject like economics that key principle is
morals. In quantum physics is understanding what the slits can
demonstrate if indeed they can demonstrate more.
It must
have been mind blowing to the early pioneers in the subject of
understanding quantum physics, man like Niels Bohr, when they realized
what a large part human interference plays with particles, the simple
act of observing. Because people are too scared to confront this
conscious they become too scared, there might be ways around this by
thinking broadly.
One can accept that particles can be
waves, a conscious act make these waves particles, therefore this wave
also carries information of the pattern. Waves before they become
particles are simply information plus what should be termed formless matter.
A wave of electrons
therefore is simply information concerning those electrons, information
is not the particle. The wave contains the most basic information about
particles, a manual for creation of a particle. That information becomes
a particle. This is far from being far fetched, at the mere point of
observation the wave becomes a particle, drop the idea of wave
collapsing into a particle, if you accept the wording, the thinking
process will block anything new entering the mind. At observation the
wave becomes a particle, it does not collapse into a particle.
At
point of observation the information in the wave allows matter to form.
Obviously the matter is formless without the information on how to take
form. One day we will understand where this information came from, but
in this information is the DNA of matter, of the very basic particles.
Formless matter can not also be the information at the same time. The
formless matter only takes form with information. This formless matter
can be thought of as a field perhaps, but ordinary people have a very
different view of what a field is. We will by the end understand how to
determine the dimension of this wave that is information and formless
matter.
The puzzle begins when firing a single electron at a
time at barrier with 2 slits when the particle without observation
passes through a slit it behaves as if it is a wave. It interferes with
itself. This means the atom breaks into 2 goes through both slits and
interferes with itself. How on earth does a particle break into 2?
The
mere conscious decision of observing at the slit particle remains a
particle. But with no observation it behaves like a wave until point of
observation some distance from the slits. What truly is going on?
At
point of observation information gives matter form, it is the very
foundation of the material. Without observation information passes
through both slits.It is the distribution of the information that allows
the particle to seemingly pass through slits. Information like nature
seemingly abhors a vacuum of some sorts. Vacuums offer least resistance,
to information those 2 slits offered path of least resistance and the
interference allows information eventually to be spread over a wider
area, in this case the information of a particular basic particle in
most cases with this type of experiment an electron. This is why we most
likely see the patterns of the universe as they are, information
dispersed as widely as possible.
It seems this information
is more than just the mere ability to change formless matter into its
most basic constituents of matter, it also includes speed, and an exact
measurement of location of the particle as well the surrounding
resistance.
This can be easily verified by adjusting the
double slit experiment. The famous double slit experiment carried two
slits of fairly similar proportions. But we can change this and make one
slit half the size of the other and see what happens. We would expect a
proportional reduction of wave pattern if the wave flowing through is 2
dimensional. By this I mean if one slit is chopped in half, the half
where there are 2 slits the pattern will show wave behavior, however
where one slit stands alone we would expect particle behavior.
One
says proportional change as this is the quantum we expect not too much
until an experiment can be done. Being the quantum world, it would not
be too shocking to find that the wave is 3 dimensional. If the wave is 3
dimensional it means that even if one slit is half the other, without
observation there is a wave pattern. This can only be possible with the
idea of true instantaneous behavior, principles underpinning principles
of entanglement. In the case of one particle going through the slits
above the half slit, it means the information travels down, crosses
barrier, comes up whilst the other information stream was moving at
nearly the speed of light but they have remained parallel not just in
paths but in distance.
This basic information it must
be clearly understood just gives structure to formless matter. It
allows matter to gain mass so to say, how does formless matter gain
mass, it is all contained in the code that allows matter to be created.
Varying
the slits will allow us to gain much more knowledge of the behavior of
the very smallest constituents of existence besides merely the dimension
of the wave. This way progress can still be made without getting stuck
on the conscious. It will reveal itself as we gain more and more behavior about quantum matter.
There
is equal opportunity before any experiment that the result of
dimensions of waves is either 2 of 3 dimensional. The beauty of this
experiment is that both answers our knowledge would gain.
Bhekuzulu Khumalo
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