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I'm not sure if this will help. It comes from one of the many friendly folks over at the Physics Forum.

"The double slit experiment can be understood in a completely "classical" way by considering a definite particle passing through one of the slits while an accompanying guiding wave passing through both. A macroscopic pilot-wave system has reproduced this (and there is no trouble with observing the particle):

[media=youtube]W9yWv5dqSKk[/media]

If one of the slits were closed, the wave would be disrupted and the pattern is not found. Additionally you can easily imagine a measurement technique so heavy-handed (i.e. a floating buoy measuring the surface deflection) that would also destroy the wave-pattern. No mystery here, just a particle AND a wave.

Another recent experiment shows how a complex underlying pilot-wave dynamics can underlay a simple statistical description via deterministic chaos:"

[media=youtube]nmC0ygr08tE[/media]

It's an interesting theory, however.., then you have this article in SA. BTW, there may be a forum member here that might be able to shed some additional light on this. I wonder what ancientsaturn would have to say.

New 'Double Slit' Experiment Skirts Uncertainty Principle: Scientific American

<blockquote data-quote="SRL+" data-source="post: 150067" data-attributes="member: 11138">I&#039;m not sure if this will help. It comes from one of the many friendly folks over at the Physics Forum.&nbsp;&quot;The double slit experiment can be understood in a completely &quot;classical&quot; way by considering a definite particle passing through one of the slits while an accompanying guiding wave passing through both. A macroscopic pilot-wave system has reproduced this (and there is no trouble with observing the particle):&nbsp;[media=youtube]W9yWv5dqSKk[/media]&nbsp;If one of the slits were closed, the wave would be disrupted and the pattern is not found. Additionally you can easily imagine a measurement technique so heavy-handed (i.e. a floating buoy measuring the surface deflection) that would also destroy the wave-pattern. No mystery here, just a particle AND a wave.&nbsp;Another recent experiment shows how a complex underlying pilot-wave dynamics can underlay a simple statistical description via deterministic chaos:&quot;&nbsp;[media=youtube]nmC0ygr08tE[/media]&nbsp;It&#039;s an interesting theory, however.., then you have this article in SA. BTW, there may be a forum member here that might be able to shed some additional light on this. I wonder what ancientsaturn would have to say.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-double-slit-experiment-skirts-uncertainty-principle" target="_blank">New &amp;apos;Double Slit&amp;apos; Experiment Skirts Uncertainty Principle: Scientific American</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="SRL+, post: 150067, member: 11138"] I'm not sure if this will help. It comes from one of the many friendly folks over at the Physics Forum. "The double slit experiment can be understood in a completely "classical" way by considering a definite particle passing through one of the slits while an accompanying guiding wave passing through both. A macroscopic pilot-wave system has reproduced this (and there is no trouble with observing the particle): [media=youtube]W9yWv5dqSKk[/media] If one of the slits were closed, the wave would be disrupted and the pattern is not found. Additionally you can easily imagine a measurement technique so heavy-handed (i.e. a floating buoy measuring the surface deflection) that would also destroy the wave-pattern. No mystery here, just a particle AND a wave. Another recent experiment shows how a complex underlying pilot-wave dynamics can underlay a simple statistical description via deterministic chaos:" [media=youtube]nmC0ygr08tE[/media] It's an interesting theory, however.., then you have this article in SA. BTW, there may be a forum member here that might be able to shed some additional light on this. I wonder what ancientsaturn would have to say. [URL='http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-double-slit-experiment-skirts-uncertainty-principle']New 'Double Slit' Experiment Skirts Uncertainty Principle: Scientific American[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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