On Wave-Particle Duality
Abstract
Description
By means of a thought-experiment, consisting of an interference experiment with two interfering beams, it is shown that it can be demonstrated experimentally that with one single particle a wave can be associated which propagates in space and time as a physical reality, i.e. that it should not merely be considered as a distribution of probabilities. The notion "physical reality" should be understood such that, when this physical reality is considered in a particular space at a particular time, it should be experimentally possible to influence this reality in such a way that future results of experiments show unambiguously that this reality has been causally influenced by the experimental act in this space and at that time.
11 pages, translation in english of M. Renninger's paper "Zum Wellen-Korpuskel-Dualismus", Zeitschrift fur Physik 136, 251-261 (1953)
11 pages, translation in english of M. Renninger's paper "Zum Wellen-Korpuskel-Dualismus", Zeitschrift fur Physik 136, 251-261 (1953)