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Watching an Object Go Quantum

Katie McAlpine

Published Aug 1, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

In the near future, a vibrating bar could be made small enough and cold enough to violate Newton’s laws and behave quantum mechanically, according to calculations.
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10.1103/physrevfocus.20.6

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