First measurement of entangled states in nitrogen

Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 13:49 in Astronomy & Space

When atoms form molecules, they share their outer electrons and this creates a negatively charged cloud. Here, electrons buzz around between the two positively charged nuclei, making it impossible to tell which nucleus they belong to. They are delocalized. But is this also true for the electrons located closer to the nucleus?

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