Timeline for Conservation of energy in interference of light
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| Jun 21, 2016 at 21:12 | comment | added | knzhou | This is a good question! Of course we know energy is conserved, the real question is what the Poynting vector looks like in the double slit experiment. (Note that it's a purely classical question, you don't need QM for this.) | |
| Jun 21, 2016 at 19:11 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 21, 2016 at 19:09 | comment | added | user12029 | Energy is conserved locally in electrodynamics by Poynting's theorem. So no, energy cannot disappear/reappear in other places. Instead, the energy density has only moved into the maxima in the first place! | |
| Jun 21, 2016 at 19:07 | answer | added | anna v | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 21, 2016 at 18:53 | history | asked | Divyansh raka | CC BY-SA 3.0 |