uncertainty principle

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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 on earth is a wavefunction?

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Scicomm classical mechanics coherence decoherence delocalisation Newton's second law quantum information Quantum mechanics quantum superposition Schrödinger equation uncertainty principle wavefunction wavefunction collapse zero-point motion

If you drop a pebble into a pond, ripples spread outward in gentle circles. We all know this sight, and it feels natural to call them waves. Now imagine being told that everything — from an electron t…