wheeler's delayed-choice experiment
Wheeler's delayed-choice experiment is a thought experiment devised by physicist John Wheeler that explores the nature of wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics. It involves a setup with an unknown path of a particle and a choice to measure it as a particle or as a wave after the particle has already passed through a system. The outcome of this experiment suggests that the observer's decision can influence whether the particle behaves as a particle or a wave.
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