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Murshid Salam
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
India

Program Controller, Ericsson India Global Services Pvt. Ltd.

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In double slit experiment of Thomas Young, why do electrons (particles) behave like waves when we aren't observing them?

In double slit experiment of Thomas Young, electrons (particle) behaves like a particle when they are under observation. But how they suddenly behave like a wave when we do not observe them.

Topics: quantum superposition

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Marius Moe
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Jul 31 2012: http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/05/disentangling-the-wave-particle-duality-in-the-double-slit-experiment/

Here is an article about some of the most recent findings during an experiment in which one got to see which slit the particle went through, without interfering with the wave-like properties of the particle.

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