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4 Sep 2024 11:18:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Question about the double-slit experiment  
From: Orchid XP v8
Date: 22 Feb 2010 16:29:46
Message: <4b82f74a$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
>   What if instead of having a double-slit, you have a triple-slit?
> I suppose the interference pattern would be that which can be expected
> from a wave which goes through the three slits.
> 
>   However, what happens if you put a detector in one of the slits?

As I understand it, the only way to detect a photon is to destroy it.

Then again, I'm hardly an expert...

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