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Abstract
In 2002 readers of Physics World voted Young's double-slit experiment with single electrons as "the most beautiful experiment in physics" of all time. Pier Giorgio Merli, Gian Franco Missiroli, and Giulio Pozzi carried out this experiment in a collaboration between the Italian Research Council and the University of Bologna almost three decades earlier. I examine their experiment, place it in historical context, and discuss its philosophical implications.Entities:
Keywords: Akira Tonomura; Gian Franco Missiroli; Giulio Pozzi; Pier Giorgio Merli; interpretation of quantum mechanics; single-case probability; single-electron interference; two-slit experiment; wave-particle duality
Year: 2012 PMID： 26525832 PMCID： PMC4617474 DOI： 10.1007/s00016-011-0079-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Perspect ISSN： 1422-6944 Impact factor: 0.211