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View SchemaAre atoms waves or particles?
| Authors | Trevor W. Marshall |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0409203 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0409203 |
Abstract
It is shown that the Kapitza-Dirac effect with atoms, which has been considered to be evidence of their wavelike character, can be interpreted as a scattering of pointlike objects by the periodic laser field.
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