Quantum Computers And Tossing A Coin In The Microcosm

Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 23:14 in Physics & Chemistry

An atomic "coin" can display a superposition of heads and tails when it has been thrown. If you leave the decision where a quantum particle should go to a coin like this, you get unusual effects. For the first time, physicists have demonstrated these effects in an experiment with caesium.

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