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I regret that I don't seem to have established the validity of my method for showing that the results of the Teachspin experiment demonstrate that total number of photons (say per second) with both slits open is the sum of the number of photons per second from either slit individually.
I don't have a problem with the method, or that the total count, at the end, will be the same. Your numbers seem too small, and are not in line with what teachspin is saying, unless you are talking about just a part of the chart. But again, we agree that the total is the same, so it is not important here.
The total area is not our subject. The diffraction pattern is well defined as bands of light and dark, and is much less than the total. The point is that SOMETHING is causing the "bunching" and "anti-bunching"; it is safe to say that the increase in the bright bands is at the expense of the loss of "brightness" in the dark bands.
So, our logical deduction is it is just the "summing" of the intensity (counts). However, this is not a true statement, all of the time. It is an important distinction to make, that it is "correct" in certain circumstances. We want "Science" to be true ALL of the time. We need to refine this.
This "Quantum Thermodynamics" is a dynamic, symmetrical process, and is common to all types of cyclical processes. It ensures that the energy at the start, is the same at the end.
In interpreting the average, or "under the curve" is hard to physically do. It seems to wash out the reason for doing the test in the first place, to find out specific intensity counts for specific points.
At any rate, one thing that stands out, is that this goes against one of your other ideas, that no "photons" are arriving at the dark bands. Are you changing your stance on this?
Your "under the curve" average says that there is NO area without "photons" (in proportion to total area).
The diffraction at the slit is constant, per wavelength. All of the "photons" that go through the slits, and spread out at specific angles. The majority of either single slit results go straight to the screen. Taken as a pair, these major axis are "abandoned" for a "combined path", that draws a 4:1 (2400ps/600ps) "collapse" rate. That is the "new axis" that the interference creates. (actually, re-creates the fundamental axis, or path)
On either of the (left/right) single slit experiments, the "straight through axis" counts around 600ps, and with both slits open, around 2100ps.
Yes, you are correct, because in between these 2 paths, the count drops to 100ps, so we will have a lower average. This "oscillation" of the counts is also SPECIFIC to the 2-slits open version. The single slit counts form a gentle slope; the DSE is periodic.
This periodic exchange the realm of the dynamics of Resonance, and one of the places we find evidence that the 2 paths, or waves, interfered.
The specific, geometrical form, of energy density (many quanta) finds its' maxima at the center of 2 paths. The slit size to wavelength approximates 1:1 . At the center (axis), the fundamental distance is 1 wavelength from each slit-source. This means they coincide with the anti-node of the first harmonic, and "resonate" with constructive interference. At half of this distance (on each side), we have nodes. These are "phase singularities", and cause the maximum "destructive" interference, or our dark bands.
That's my take on it.
regards,
T.Roc
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