title: The Merli-Missiroli-Pozzi Two-Slit Electron-Interference Experiment.
abstract: In 2002 readers ofPhysics Worldvoted Young's double-slit experiment with single electrons as "the most beautiful experiment in physics" of all time. Pier Giorgio Merli, Gian Franco Missiroli, and Giulio Pozzi carried out this experiment in a collaboration between the Italian Research Council and the University of Bologna almost three decades earlier. I examine their experiment, place it in historical context, and discuss its philosophical implications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126 Bologna, Italy ; CNR-IMM, Section of Bologna, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosa
keywords: Akira Tonomura; Gian Franco Missiroli; Giulio Pozzi; Pier Giorgio Merli; interpretation of quantum mechanics; single-case probability; single-electron interference; two-slit experiment; wave-particle duality