Electrons behave as both particles and waves regardless of velocity. My conclusion from the fact that a single electron still has an interference pattern, is that until they interact with a detector and collapse, they are waves- even a single electron. So a single electron in its wave form (pardon the pun) will pass through both slits.

It's the waves that interact with each other- waves from or of the same electron. When the waves hit the detector, at high speeds, they become a particle. The location of the hit is random.

A single electron does not form the interference pattern. We have to sum over many electrons, all arriving singly, in order to get the interference pattern. So in this case, a single electron has both wave and particles properties.

Richard

• You said it but ... - duordi - November 7, 2004 - 04:41 UTC
  • Classical thinking - yanniru - November 8, 2004 - 00:14 UTC
  • Duane - sagefr0g - November 8, 2004 - 23:54 UTC
    • A model less path is a blind path. - duordi - November 11, 2004 - 17:48 UTC
      • Duane- You seem to think that electrons exist - yanniru - November 12, 2004 - 00:57 UTC
        • A wave form which - duordi - November 24, 2004 - 02:18 UTC