Chapter 509: The Terrifying Double-Slit Interference Experiment
After Lynn announced that the seminar was over, the wizards who walked out of the exhibition hall still hadn't recovered from the controversy over the theory of light waves and light particles.
"Do you really think that wave and particle can exist at the same time?" "This is just nonsense, how is it possible that something is both continuous and scattered?"
"This is from the mouth of Speaker Lynn of the Magic Star, if you are not completely sure, who will destroy your reputation in the seminar field of tens of thousands of people?" Raphael interrupted the debate, believing in the Magic Star's research.
"What about even magic stars? Isn't it possible to make a mistake with the sound of the obvious He? A great wizard from the empire sneered and said that as long as it is a person, there must be negligence.
It has only been a little more than a year since the establishment of optics, and no one dares to say that they can fully understand it.
Compared to the arguments between ordinary wizards, Anthony looked at the disclaimer in his hand and was silent for a long time.
The above content is very brief, that is, the signatories voluntarily undertake all the consequences of listening to quantum theory, but ...... The implication behind this is chilling.
"Teacher, should we sign or not?" Fura asked hesitantly, a look of concern on her face.
She didn't have the same firm belief as Anthony, so she had long lost the ability to perceive electric charges, and she had a deep understanding of [Spell Casting Barrier], and she couldn't help but feel a little withdrawn in her heart.
"Sign, of course you have to sign!" Anthony said without hesitation.
He believed that his research was absolutely correct, that light is a wave, and that it is an electromagnetic wave!
Anthony's fingertips glowed with a glow of magic, which he used to sign the disclaimer before handing it to Fura for her to give to Lynn.
"Yes, Teacher!" Seeing that Anthony had made up her mind, Fra said no more, signed her own disclaimer, and then returned to the exhibition hall with two statements.
After Fra left, Anthony closed his eyes, and after about two or three seconds, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and looked much more relaxed...... He's still able to use lightning spells, which is good, very good!
On the other hand, Fra, who came to see Speaker Lynn, ran into a wall, because there were too many people looking for this magic star.
There are Raphael and others who have a good relationship and come to discuss the theory of optoelectronics, and there are also some wizards who have prepared generous gifts and plan to set up a relationship with the new speaker, plus these of them who have come to submit a disclaimer, it is simply a mess!
Lynn, who was worried about how to launch a single particle, certainly wouldn't spend his time and energy here at this time, and closed the door in the name of making experimental equipment.
Even the Speakers' requests were no exception - Lynn sent them a few research manuscripts to pass away.
Micro and macro are completely two sets of theories, and explaining them one by one is not only time-consuming and laborious, but the other party may not be able to understand them, so it is better to wait for tomorrow's academic seminar to explain them together, so as not to have to repeat the explanation several times.
Jonny and Elok stood at the door, apologetically informing everyone who wanted to see that Speaker Lynn was preparing for tomorrow's seminar, and accepted the disclaimer they had brought.
The efforts of the two also allowed Lynn, who was in the room, to relax and start thinking about how to emit particles.
At first, his goal was to use alchemy to reproduce the Federation's particle extractor, but it took him half a month to find that it was too difficult, even if he could achieve atomic-level control now, he couldn't do it.
But it's normal to think about it, in addition to using a strong magnetic field, this thing also uses quantum technology......
So Lynn can only consider some relatively old methods - such as a thermal-field electron gun!
……
The night went by in a flash.
It's just that this night was not peaceful, and not many people were able to sleep well.
Fortunately, as a wizard, staying up late is nothing, and sometimes it is very normal to fight for a few days in order to specialize in a spell, and almost every other morning, the large exhibition hall is already full of people.
Anthony had already arrived, his eyes swept across the rows of large halls, only about thirty percent of the seats were empty, and it seemed that not many people were deterred by the disclaimer.
However, the debate about the nature of light will be cleared today, and as long as there are still wizards who are interested in learning, they will never let go of this opportunity.
And those who retreated, Anthony was very disdainful, and lost the faith to move forward in the search for the truth, and their path of magic was only coming to an end!
At about eight o'clock in the morning, several speakers had already arrived, and Lynn was no exception, and by the way, he also asked Elok and others to carry out his test device.
"Isn't that my double-slit interference experiment?" Jeffrey said in surprise.
Anthony and others also recognized it, after all, the two are too similar.
They are all transmitters on the left, a partition in the middle, and a photosensitive screen on the right.
Under the discussion of everyone, Lynn also nodded. "Yes, this is exactly the double-slit interference experiment, to be precise, I have modified it to a certain extent!"
"The device on the left, I call it a thermal field emitting electron gun, consists of five parts: filament, cathode, gate, anode, and deflection coil......"
With a wave of his hand, Lynn cut the shell apart with great precision, but did not hurt the internal structure in the slightest, and then explained to everyone how it worked.
The so-called filament is not the hair of the fire lion, but the tungsten filament, which, when energized, converts electrical energy into heat energy and heats the cathode, thus releasing and emitting a large number of electrons.
These electrons are blocked by the gate, and by adjusting their relative position to the cathode, the amount of electron beam can be controlled, and finally accelerated by the electric field generated by the anode, the deflection coil adjusts the orientation, and finally the electrons are emitted one by one.
Lynn's explanation was very professional, and many of the wizards present heard it in a fog, but fortunately, the last paragraph was understood, and the magic star found a way to emit a single electron, and was ready to use it for experiments.
"But...... Shouldn't it be photons? A young witch muttered quietly.
The voice was soft, but none of the wizards present were clear-eared or clear-sighted.
Lynn rolled her eyes, emitting a single photon was more troublesome than an electron.
"It's okay, it's all the same!" Lynn smiled and said that they are both microscopic particles and have quantum phenomena.
After Lynn explained, he said no more, looked at the crowd and spoke again. "My experiment is very simple, that is, through an electron gun, the electrons are shot into the double slit one by one, and then through the special phosphor screen behind it, I can observe the distribution image of it......"
"What do you think will happen if a particle passes through a double slit?" Lynn asked suddenly.
The wizards present pondered for a moment, and soon came to a conclusion, and Glenn was the first to say it. "It should be like a small hole image, and the corresponding image will be mapped in the rear!"
"Then let's give it a try!" Lynn didn't agree or reject Glenn's words, and directly activated the thermal field firing electron gun, and under the eyes of everyone, the tungsten filament was heated and lit up......
In the invisible microscopic realm, one after another accelerated electrons crashed forward with extreme speed.
Because the holes are so small, it's not easy to get through, so most of these electrons hit the separator.
After waiting for about five seconds, Harrov said solemnly. "It's gone!"
Arad and the others stared at the light-sensitive screen behind the partition with wide eyes, and then realized that there was indeed a small dot on it that suddenly lit up.
This means that Lynn's thermal-field electron gun successfully hits a single electron onto the sensor screen in the rear trait.
As time progressed, the light spots on the sensor screen became more and more numerous, more and more dense, but instead of the reflection of two gaps as they imagined, the light spots were roughly distributed in an area of nine bars...... The rest of the area also has light spots, but there are very few of them.
"It's ...... This is interference fringes?! Anthony looked at the scene in front of him, a look of astonishment on his face.
The rest of the wizards were also incredulous, and even the big wizards in the front row took a few steps closer to confirm that this was not an illusion, and there was nothing wrong with their eyes.
"Strange, why is this happening?" Vittorio frowned and muttered to himself.
"Hahaha, the light particles are right, my light particle theory is right!" Sanchez shouted excitedly, which shows that particles can also produce waves!
"Idiot!" Anthony interrupted Sanchez directly. "If it's true that electrons pass through holes one by one, then what is it that affects their trajectory?"
Sanchez's laughter came to an abrupt end, apparently aware of this, as his previous particle scattering experiments had succeeded by simulating a wave-like path by having particles in two exploding elemental clusters collide with each other.
The current situation is different, the electrons pass through the gap one by one, and normally there is no interference, but the fact is that these electrons have deviated from their original direction.
It's like there's a mysterious force that causes these electrons to fall on these points in waves.
A chill ran behind Sanchez's back, what was affecting these microscopic particles.
"Could it be that there is something wrong with the electron gun, in fact, there is not just one, but many ...... emitted at a time" A great wizard suddenly thought of this, but under the gaze of a group of wizards, the sound became smaller and quieter, and then it was directly interrupted.
After all, it was an experiment to question the magic star in person.
However, it soon seemed to be an explanation, assuming that there were a lot of electrons that passed through the hole, and then they had an effect on each other.
Although this speculation is outrageous, it is impossible to explain why only the light spots on the sensor screen light up one by one, and why the electrons happen to be on the same path as the wave trajectory, but it is barely an explanation.
"Since everyone has doubts, why don't you all enter the magic net, and I take you to 'take a look' for yourself?" Lynn said with a smile, and then announced the spell he had recently developed to connect to the magic net.
This is a very simple psionic magic, not very difficult, and can be used as long as you are a full-fledged wizard.
In just a few minutes, the wizards in the exhibition hall had mastered this magic.
The reminder sound of the wisdom brain resounded in his mind, and the number of people connected to the magic net was becoming more and more.
Even though most wizards have just connected to the magic network, and the computing power they can mobilize is very small, they can't stand the large number of people, and they still 'support' Lynn to ......
The level of spiritual power has also been increased from seven to eight.
His soul strength can't keep up with the rapid growth of computing power.
It took Lynn more than a dozen seconds to adapt, and then she expanded her own realm, encompassing the entire large exhibition hall, and under the link of the magic web, all the wizards present temporarily gained the ability to perceive electromagnetic fields.
At the same time, within a tenth of a second, the thermal field firing electron gun fired another 'one' electron.
Glenn, who was staring at the experiment in the front row, instantly sensed the disturbance of the electromagnetic field, which was very small, but under the huge computing power provided by the magic net, it was extremely clear.
The 'electron' was lucky enough to pass through the gap on the right and hit the photosensitive screen, and a tiny spot of light lit up at the corresponding position of the screen.
"Really, really only one electron!" Anthony was puzzled, and although they didn't really see or sense the electron itself, they could observe the approximate trajectory through the perturbation generated by the thing.
The particles do travel in a straight line, and the light spots on the photosensitive screen behind them are also solid evidence.
But why are there such weird, wave-like interference fringes?
The wizards, who were as puzzled as Anthony, were reminded of the spirit of one hundred and twenty points, and they wanted to see for themselves what was affecting the trajectory of the electrons.
The hot-field firing electron gun kept firing, and under the 'close watch' of Anthony and others, every lucky 'electron' faithfully passed through one of the gaps, and the path did not change in the slightest.
What about the good deflection?
If this continues, how do the points of light that resemble interference fringes come to form?
Anthony's expression became more and more confused, and at that moment, a burst of exclamations suddenly rang out in the exhibition hall.
"Look, the photosensitive screen... Photosensitive screen... It's changed! ”
Anthony's pupils constricted, and then he noticed that at some point, the pattern on the screen had gradually changed from nine stripes to two......
Seeing such a scene, even Harrov, Vittorio, and Aurora couldn't sit still, and their six eyes stared at the changing light screen, and then turned to Lynn, who was still sitting quietly in the judge's seat.
Lynn shrugged her shoulders and said very calmly. "You can see it, my electronic launcher is right there, and no one has touched it!"
(End of chapter)