Vol. 22 No. 4 (2023): Mapana - Journal of Sciences
Research Articles

Classical Limit in the Double-Slit Experiment for Quantum Particles

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  • K. S. Mallesh,
  • B. A. Kagali
K. S. Mallesh
Regional Institite of Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12723/mjs.67.5

Published 2024-03-19

Keywords

  • Duality,
  • Path-integral Formalism,
  • Classical limit

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Abstract

It is well known that the double-slit experiment, under proper conditions, reveals the wave nature of both light and quantum particles like electrons. The wave nature of quantum particles is demonstrated by assuming plane or spherical de Broglie waves to be associated with quantum particles. In this article we deduce the wave nature of material particles starting with proper quantum mechanical amplitudes for propagation as arrived at in the path integral formulation. The classical particle limit of the interference pattern follows right away along the same lines as the corpuscular limit follows from wave optics.

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