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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…