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An electron beam strikes a barrier with a single narrow slit, and the electron flux—number...

An electron beam strikes a barrier with a single narrow slit, and the electron flux—number of electrons per unit time per unit area—detected at the very center of the resulting intensity pattern is F1. Next, two more identical slits are opened, equidistant on either side of the first and equally “illuminated” by the beam. What will be the flux at the very center now? Does your answer imply that more than three times as many electrons pass through three slits than through one? Why or why not?

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