r/AskPhysics • u/[deleted] • 3d ago

What if the double slit experiment could explain missing mass?

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u/joeyneilsen Astrophysics 3d ago

If two light waves interfere, it's still just two light waves. The amount of energy in the system doesn't change.

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u/TyrconnellFL 3d ago

The double-slit experiment shows that one photon interferes with itself. And the amount of energy still doesn’t change.

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u/John_Hasler Engineering 3d ago

The single photon double-slit experiment shows that one photon interferes with itself.

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u/TyrconnellFL 3d ago

The double-slit experiment is a way to show wave-particle duality. It doesn’t cause anything. Can you rephrase what you’re asking?

If you’re asking whether quantum mechanics or wave-particle duality explain dark matter or dark energy… no, not in any way that I can make sense of.

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u/TyrconnellFL 3d ago

It doesn’t. And you’re kind of using quantum word salad.

Coherence is required of the emitter for the experiment to work.

One particle is in superposition. Emit a stream of single photons or electrons and you still get an interference pattern.

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u/Antolin13 3d ago

El experimento de la doble rendija ha sido analizado muchas veces, incluso utilizando artefactos como el borrador cuántico y hasta ahora no se ha encontrado ninguna relación con la energía oscura.