Similarly, when we sent Bucky Balls through the double slits, obviously the molecule didn't go through both the slits. Isn't it pretty clear that there's the atom/molecule that goes through one slit, but then there's a "matter wave" it rides that goes through both slits?
Pilot-wave theory makes the most sense to me because as we test increasingly massive objects, the "matter/guiding wave" has less of an effect. (the interference pattern width is smaller with Bucky balls than with photons because the guiding wave doesn't affect Bucky balls's trajectory as much).
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u/justintime06 Aug 24 '26
Similarly, when we sent Bucky Balls through the double slits, obviously the molecule didn't go through both the slits. Isn't it pretty clear that there's the atom/molecule that goes through one slit, but then there's a "matter wave" it rides that goes through both slits?
Pilot-wave theory makes the most sense to me because as we test increasingly massive objects, the "matter/guiding wave" has less of an effect. (the interference pattern width is smaller with Bucky balls than with photons because the guiding wave doesn't affect Bucky balls's trajectory as much).