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DescriptionWave-particle duality.gif
Français : Les impacts des particules rendent visible l'interférence des ondes (comme dans l'expérience de Young, par exemple)
English: Particle impacts make visible the interference pattern of waves (like in Young experiment, for example). The Python file which generated this animation is here.
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Particle impacts during a double-slit experiment. The total interference pattern represents the original wave function, while each particle impact represents an individual wave function collapse.