In the large classroom, the silence seemed to freeze, and the sound of breathing seemed to disappear.
As Lucian turned on the alchemy device, a chaotic display of light spots appeared in the projections on the wall, making it impossible to guess where the next wave of light would appear.
There are more and more points of light, Heidi's mouth is wide open, it is difficult to close, and a classic and beautiful interference pattern is reflected in her pupils!
The sound of inhalation continued to sound, and there was no need to doubt the volatility of electrons, which was not explained by a simple group of particles conforming to a certain probability distribution.
"Electronic double-slit interference ......" Douglas stood at the back of the large classroom and muttered to himself in a low voice, the results of this experiment were still within his tolerance.
For more than a year, the secrets of the Immortal Corridor, the great development of the microscopic field, and the results of experiments have allowed him and Fernando and others to initially accept the probabilistic interpretation of electrons and have a deeper understanding of wave-particle duality.
But even so, when witnessing this familiar and friendly classic pattern, Douglas, Fernando, Brooke, Oliver and others couldn't help but be shocked from the bottom of their hearts, how can electrons with mass, charge, and trajectory show such pure volatility!
Against the background of the dreamy image of light and dark stripes, Lucian turned slightly sideways, pointed to the screen and said, "Maybe there will be many arcanists who don't believe their eyes, or suspect that there is something wrong with my alchemy device, if it's the latter, you can come up and check it after the open class is over, if it's the former, you don't have to doubt yourself, the experimental image that appears in front of us is indeed an undoubted interference stripe!"
"If the electron is just a particle with wave characteristics, then it will only pass through a gap at a time, showing a simple superposition of two diffraction patterns, but unfortunately the experimental results tell us that this is not the standard diffraction pattern, indicating that the electron is either affected by its peers behind it, or it passes through two gaps at the same time, realizing self-interference, so the position on the screen will conform to the law of interference fringes."
"And both of these reasons are undoubtedly the embodiment of pure volatility."
Lucian's voice was mellow and serious, unhurried, and in the ears of Larry and other arcanists who were shocked by the image of double-slit interference, it was like traveling through several worlds, hazy but sacred.
"In fact, I have verified in this regard, after improving the experimental equipment and reducing the intensity of the emission source, let it emit only one electron at a time, and then emit the next electron after the electrons in front pass through the double slit to the sensor screen, so that the possibility of electrons interfering and affecting each other is basically excluded, and after a long period of accumulation of light points, the experiment also shows interference stripes!"
"In other words, electrons are indeed probabilistic waves, they permeate space, everywhere, and pass through two gaps at the same time, interfering with themselves!"
The eyes of Isabella and Samantha and others were full of incredible colors, electrons with mass, charge, and trajectories could actually permeate space and be everywhere, is this still matter? Is this still the basis of matter?
It is like this, why can't we, who are made up of microscopic particles, permeate space and be everywhere? Why can't you reach the holy city of Reims and the city of Aalto at the same time in one step?
The microscopic realm is also an integral part of the world, and it is impossible for an arcanist not to associate the micro with the macro!
Helen stared intently at the experimental image, pressing her index finger on her cheek, lost in thought, due to the state transition and "immortal corridor" that Lucian had experienced, the members of the Supreme Council were barely able to accept this probabilistic cloud state, and would not recognize that the world would break and freeze or blow their heads.
As for the other arcanists, their research on the microscopic field was not deep enough, they were ignorant, and they did not dare to build their own cognitive world with this, so there were no large-scale headshot incidents, but even so, when they heard the description of the probability cloud, there were still hundreds of arcanists with painful expressions, they couldn't imagine how the electrons that existed in the standard particle state in their cognitive world could be like that?
At this time, if there are some other impacts, maybe they will perceive that the world is shattered and solidified because of this!
"Probability clouds do exist, but the probability of electrons is not necessarily an essential property......" Samantha muttered to herself painfully, if she admitted that probability was the internal property of electrons, and that probability was the essential law of the world, it would mean that there was a big problem with the decision, so she could only insist on herself for this reason.
However, she also understood very well that in this state, there was no possibility for her to be promoted to a legend! Don't even think about it!
Most of the arcanists in the astrological system showed a similar state, but fortunately, Lucian did not demonstrate the double-slit interference experiment of one electron and one electron emission on the spot.
Lucian put down his hand pointing at the wall projection, looked around the large classroom, and said calmly: "Since the experiment of emitting only one electron at a time will greatly delay time, I will not demonstrate here.
"In this regard, you can also use light interference experiments as an analogy, the alchemy device required will be much simpler, I believe you can complete it in your own magic laboratory."
Lucian fully described the experimental design of only one photon passing through the double slit at a time: "After a long period of accumulation, you should be able to observe interference fringes, that is, a single photon also has the property of self-interference."
Some arcanists were silent as if they were dead, as if they were afraid of the results of such experiments, and some were trembling slightly, as if they couldn't wait to verify the design.
At this time, Oliver spoke: "Lucian, everything you said is based on the characteristics of electrons with wave-particle duality, if it is just a pure wave, particleness is just the embodiment of the wave packet, then the double-slit interference experiment, the self-interference of a single electron is not surprising, this is the essential property of waves, and at what scale does the quantum superposition state exist, why doesn't it extend to the macroscopic world?"
"Why did the probabilistic wave you permeate the space suddenly collapse when it arrives at the sensor screen, becoming a definite small dot that no longer has probabilistic characteristics?"
His explanation made the arcanists who were inclined to fluctuations nod slightly, and from this point of view, the previous experiment seemed less incredible and shocking.
Fernando suddenly said: "Oliver, if electrons and other microscopic particles are pure waves, then why don't we, who are composed of them, exhibit volatility? Your explanation also has the problem of transitioning from the microscopic realm to the macroscopic realm, and without the support of particle-like material characteristics, waves will attenuate!"
He only insists on his view that he is sublimated from experimental results, mathematical knowledge, and understanding of the world, and will not accept his interpretation of fluctuations just because Oliver thinks Lucian's theory is incomplete just because he thinks it is the same as himself.
The question of the storm lord made the arcanists who favored the fluctuations frown, it was okay to simply discuss light before, but once it extends to microscopic particles such as electrons and protons, the material foundation, it will inevitably be connected with macroscopic matter, which is the most troublesome and mysterious part at present.
Seeing that the great arcanists and archmages were about to start a fierce debate on this issue, Lucian raised his hand and smiled: "I have a follow-up verification regarding the electronic double-slit experiment."
What? Oliver, Nessica and the others looked at Lucian, what else was there to follow?
Lucian pointed to the alchemy device and said: "We can add recording-type magic items next to the two gaps to observe whether the electrons pass through both gaps at the same time to achieve self-interference, or only pass through one of them.
While describing, Lucian took out a record-type magic item to display, convincing everyone that there were no extra magic circles inside, and only had the function of recording and sounding alarms.
While waiting for him to install the recorder, the arcanists had a heated discussion.
"Annick, according to the teacher's description, it should be two recorders that emit different alarm sounds at the same time?" Heidi asked Annick, who had outstanding talent in the microscopic field in her mind.
Ophelia interjected: "I don't understand Lord Evans' thinking, if two recorders call the alarm at the same time, doesn't it mean that the electrons pass through two gaps at the same time, so there is pure volatility, which is in line with Honorable Oliver's explanation, but if they don't call at the same time, it is completely contrary to the self-interference described by Lord Evans before......"
Such an experiment would not benefit His Excellency Evans!
Annick listened to the same discussion around him, and was silent for a long time before saying: "I guess only one recorder will sound, the teacher wants to confirm the particle nature of electrons......"
"What about self-interference?" Leilia vaguely sensed something and said with some fear.
Neither Annick nor Sprint spoke, looking at Lucian who had completed the alchemy device change, waiting for the result.
Lucian looked at Douglas, Fernando, Brooke, Hathaway, Oliver and others, and said in a calm tone: "I will slow down the emission speed of electrons so that you can distinguish the order of alarms."
The magic patterns lit up, and the alarms of "beep" and "click" sounded one after another, and because the time interval was large enough, they never made a sound at the same time!
"Did you really only pass through one gap?" Heidi muttered to herself, "What about the self-interference described by the teacher?"
At this time, the sound of gasping for breath sounded harshly, and a series of confused, confused and shocking and confusing words came out out uncontrollably: "Where is the interference stripe?"
"Where's the interference stripe?!" Heidi turned her gaze to the wall and saw that the light points gathered there did not exhibit interference streaks, nor did they present a simple superposition of diffraction fringes! Only pure particle features!
Douglas looked at the completely different experiment results just now, and his pupils contracted slightly: trying to observe the particleness of electrons, so the volatility disappeared?
These two are like the momentum and position described by the uncertainty principle?
"This ......" Oliver couldn't deny this pure particleness, shaking his head incessantly but incessantly, and the light around him seemed to dim a little.
Lucian stood on the podium, raised his right hand, pointed to the experimental image and said:
"When we are not observing, electrons show a superposition of waves and particles, in the form of probabilistic clouds, and if we want to observe volatility and prepare for experiments like this, electrons will exhibit pure fluctuations, self-interfering."
"If we want to observe its particle nature, it will obediently show the particle state, and there is no fluctuation left at all."
"Its state depends on how we observe it, on what results we want to get!"
Looking at the experimental image on the wall, the arcanists were even more confused and dazed, the electrons were simply weird to the extreme! Will our observations change the world?
It's more magic than magic!
(End of this chapter)