hidden variables

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Using 10,000 atoms and 1 to probe the Bohr-Einstein debate

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Analysis Scicomm Science Albert Einstein Bohr-Einstein debate complementarity Debye-Waller factor double-slit experiment hidden variables lasers Niels Bohr optical lattice optical tweezer Pan Jianwei quantum entanglement Quantum mechanics rubidium atoms scattered light uncertainty principle wavepacket Wolfgang Ketterle

The double-slit experiment has often been described as the most beautiful demonstration in physics. In one striking image, it shows the strange dual character of matter and light. When particles such…

What does it mean to interpret quantum physics?

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Scicomm Science Bohmian mechanics classical physics Copenhagen interpretation hidden variables many-worlds interpretation Nirmalya Kajuri nonlocality QBism quantum computing quantum cosmology quantum entanglement quantum physics quantum superposition wavefunction

The United Nations has designated 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. Many physics magazines and journals have taken the opportunity to publish more articles on quantum phys…