Viewpoint: Vive la Différence!

Lucio Frydman

Published Feb 18, 2014• 0 citations

Abstract

Long-lived singlet states—zero-spin states made of two spin-1/2 particles—can be created by combining two different atomic species such as carbon and hydrogen.

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