The Pilot Wave Interpretation
{"Image DocumentName": "The Pilot Wave Interpretation", "Image ImageDescription": "The Pilot Wave interpretation avoids this unexplained collapse altogether. Scientists who subscribe to this interpretation choose to believe that the electron always exists as a classical particle and is only ever governed by one kind of physical law, for both the familiar classical as well as quantum phenomena. However, to account for the electron\u2019s wave behaviour this description requires the introduction of an invisible guiding wave. In this interpretation, wave-particle duality is explained by assuming that electrons are real particles all of the time, and are guided by an invisible wave. The electron\u2019s wave nature is attributed to this abstract wave, called a Pilot Wave, which tells the electron how to move. To obtain the interference pattern in the double-slit experiment, this wave must be everywhere and know about everything in the universe, including what conditions will exist in the future. For example, it knows if one or two slits are open, or if a detector is hiding behind the slits. The Pilot Wave interpretation embodies all of the quantum behaviour, including all the interactions between classical objects like the electron, the two-slit barrier, and the measuring devices. In contrast to the Collapse interpretation where the collapsing electron wave was considered real, in the Pilot Wave interpretation the wave is an abstract mathematical tool. This interpretation has a consequence. The Pilot Wave interpretation, which was invented to deal with an electron as a real physical object, suffers the fate of being permanently beyond detection.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}