Chapter 664: Observation Changes the World
Chapter 664: Observation Changes the World
In the big classroom, it was so quiet that even a single breath would be heard.
Once Lucien turned on the device, within the projection on the wall, many light spots appeared. They followed no order, No one could predict where the next light spot would show up.
There were more and more light spots. Heidi’s mouth opened big out of surprise. In her eyes, there was this classic and beautiful interference image!
The arcanists took a deep breath from their surprise. There was no more doubt about an electron’s wave properties. No pure particle theory could explain this.
"Double-slit interference of electrons…" said Douglas in a low voice at the back of the classroom. The experiment result was still bearable to him.
In the past year, the secret of Pathway of Immortality, the rapid development of microscopic domain, and the results of many experiments had made Douglas, Fernando, and the rest of the leading arcanists mentally prepared for the idea of electronic cloud and they had also gained a deeper understanding of wave-particle duality. However, what they disagreed with Lucien was that they believed in a further explanation behind the properties, and thus Lucien’s quantum mechanics was not perfect yet.
Even though, when seeing this interference image, the grand arcanists were still deeply thrilled – They had never expected it that an electron could perform such pure wave properties!
Using the dream-like image of bright and dark streaks, Lucien slightly turned aside and pointed at it, "Many of you might be doubting your own eyes, or my alchemical device. If it’s the latter, you can feel free to check it later, but if it’s the former, I will tell you that you’re seeing exactly what you’re supposed to see!"
"If an electron only has wave properties, it would only go through one slit at a time, and thus we’ll see the two diffraction images simply overlapping. But the experiment has proved that it isn’t true. This is a standard, typical diffraction image, which means that an electron was either influenced by another of its peers from behind or the electron itself went through two slits at the same time and thus self-interference was achieved. Therefore, as a result, the image on the screen was produced."
"No matter which one is the correct explanation, both of the possibilities have proved pure wave properties."
Lucien’s voice was serious and solemn, and the pace of his talking was well-controlled. Those arcanists who were listening were going through veils of mysteries but they knew that they were approaching the sacred truth, despite its ambiguity.
"In fact, I have done further experiments. After reducing the power of the emitter, only one electron could be produced at a time, and the next electron would only be emitted after the one before it has gone through the two slits to rule out the possibility that there was interference between electrons. As I expected, after a while, the interferometric fringes were the same!"
"To be more precise, electrons are probability waves. They are everywhere in space and can interfere with themselves and go through two slits at the same time!" Lucien announced.
Isabella and Samantha were totally shocked, as well as the many arcanists present. They did not know how to take it. Electrons had mass, electric charge and trace, but they could also be everywhere in space! How was that possible?! Did electrons still belong to matter?
If electrons were still matter and they carried such properties, then what about human beings? Human beings consist of microscopic particles, then can human beings be everywhere in space? If that was the case, then they should be able to get to Lance and Aalto at the same time in one step!
Microscopic domain was part of this world. Arcanists were for sure connecting the microscopic domain to the macro!
Hellen stared at the image attentively, her fingers pressing against her cheek. She had fallen into deep thoughts. With some difficulties, the members of the Highest Council could accept the idea of an electronic cloud as they had seen Lucien’s experience and the Pathway of Immortality. Their heads were temporarily safe.