Emil Rupp, Albert Einstein and the canal ray experiments on wave-particle duality: Scientific fraud and theoretical bias

J. Dongen
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In 1926, Emil Rupp published a number of papers on the interference properties of light emitted by canal ray sources. These articles, particularly one paper that came into being in close collaboration with Albert Einstein, drew quite some attention as they probed the wave versus particle nature of light. They also significantly propelled Rupp's career, even though from the outset they were highly controversial. This article reviews this episode, and in particular Rupp's collaboration with Einstein. Evidence that Rupp forged his results is presented and their critical reception in the socially and politically-divided German physics community is discussed. These divisions fail to explain the full dynamic; the latter is approached by turning to the role that theoretical bias has on occasion in assessing experiment. Einstein's responses are also analyzed in this context.
埃米尔·鲁普、阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦和波粒二象性的通道射线实验:科学欺诈和理论偏差
1926年,Emil Rupp发表了许多关于运河射线源发出的光的干涉特性的论文。这些文章,特别是与阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦密切合作的一篇论文,在探索光的波与粒子性质时引起了相当多的关注。他们也极大地推动了鲁普的职业生涯,尽管从一开始他们就备受争议。本文回顾了这一事件,特别是鲁普与爱因斯坦的合作。证据表明,鲁普伪造了他的结果和他们的批评接受在社会和政治上分裂的德国物理界进行了讨论。这些划分无法解释整个动态;后者是通过转向理论偏差在评估实验中有时所起的作用来解决的。爱因斯坦的回答也在此背景下进行了分析。
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