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In the two slitsdouble slit experiment, when we place a detector on one of the slits, the electrons will start to act like particles. When we unplug the detector they return to actacting like waves.

What if our detector was turning on and off with a high frequency in a way that we could not tell for all the electrons if during the time they were passing in the slits our detector was on or off, how would the interference pattern look then?

In the two slits experiment when we place a detector on one of the slits, the electrons start to act like particles. When we unplug the detector they return to act like waves.

What if our detector was turning on and off with a high frequency in a way that we could not tell for all the electrons if during the time they were passing in the slits our detector was on or off, how would the interference pattern look then?

In the double slit experiment, when we place a detector on one of the slits, the electrons will start to act like particles. When we unplug the detector they return to acting like waves.

What if our detector was turning on and off with a high frequency in a way that we could not tell for all the electrons if during the time they were passing in the slits our detector was on or off, how would the interference pattern look then?

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Two slits experiment with glitchy detector

In the two slits experiment when we place a detector on one of the slits, the electrons start to act like particles. When we unplug the detector they return to act like waves.

What if our detector was turning on and off with a high frequency in a way that we could not tell for all the electrons if during the time they were passing in the slits our detector was on or off, how would the interference pattern look then?