Quantum information meets condensed matter: inside the mind of Xie Chen
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 07:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Perhaps you have heard of Schrödinger's cat, a fictional feline created by physicist Erwin Schrödinger as a thought experiment in 1935. According to her inventor, Schrödinger's cat can be simultaneously alive and dead inside a sealed box, although upon an observer's opening the box, the cat will always be found either alive or dead.