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Nature Physics

Statistical projection effects in a hydrodynamic pilot-wave system

Pedro J. Sáenz, Tudor Cristea‐Platon, John W. M. Bush

Published Nov 21, 2017• 87 citations
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10.1038/s41567-017-0003-x

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