In Discussing the Electron Double- Slit Experiment, We Studied a Graph

question 73

Multiple Choice

In discussing the electron double- slit experiment, we studied a graph of the extended wave pattern formed on the screen by each electron's matter field. Did this graph show a single electron's matter field just before, or just after, the electron strikes the screen, and why?

• A) This is the matter field just after impact, because each electron actually spreads out over a large region and strikes all over this region, in a wave pattern.
• B) This is the matter field just before impact; after impact the matter field transforms into two distinct parts, with one part appearing on the screen directly behind each slit.
• C) This is the matter field just before impact; after impact, the electron acquires a definite velocity.
• D) This is the matter field just before impact; after impact the matter field collapses into a small region around the impact.
• E) This is the matter field just after impact, because the electron can strike the screen at a wide variety of specific places, and these places form a field pattern.

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