Wanted: 'Schroedinger Cat' With A Bigger Meow
Sunday, July 21, 2013 - 15:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Since 1935, when Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger created his famous thought experiment about a cat that was both alive and dead, physicists have tried to create large scale systems to test how the rules of quantum mechanics apply to everyday objects. Researchers say they have made a significant step forward in this direction by creating a large system that is in two substantially different states at the same time Understanding Schrödinger's cat read more