Testing the limits of quantum mechanical superpositions

Markus Arndt; Klaus Hornberger

doi:10.1038/NPHYS2863

Testing the limits of quantum mechanical superpositions

Markus Arndt (Corresponding author)
, Klaus Hornberger (Corresponding author)

Quantum Science

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Abstract

Quantum physics has intrigued scientists and philosophers alike, because it challenges our notions of reality and locality — concepts that we have grown to rely on in our macroscopic world. It is an intriguing open question whether the linearity of quantum mechanics extends into the macroscopic domain. Scientific progress over the past decades inspires hope that this debate may be settled by table-top experiments.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	271-277
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nature Physics
Volume	10
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/NPHYS2863
Publication status	Published - Apr 2014

Funding

We thank S. Nimmrichter for helpful discussions, and we acknowledge support by the European Commission within NANOQUESTFIT (No. 304886). M.A. is supported by the Austrian FWF (Wittgenstein Z149-N16) and by the ERC (AdvG 320694 Probiotiqus), K.H. by the DFG (HO 2318/4-1 and SFB/TR12). We thank the WE Heraeus Foundation for supporting the physics school 'Exploring the Limits of the Quantum Superposition Principle'.

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103025 Quantum mechanics

Keywords

CRYSTAL NEUTRON INTERFEROMETER
GROUND-STATE
ATOMIC INTERFEROMETRY
MATTER
ENTANGLEMENT
DECOHERENCE
INTERFERENCE
MOLECULES
METROLOGY
TELEPORTATION

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10.1038/NPHYS2863

http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.0270

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Testing the limits of quantum mechanical superpositions

Abstract

Funding

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

Keywords

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Testing the limits of quantum mechanical superpositions

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Austrian Fields of Science 2012

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PROBIOTIQUS: Processing of biomolecular targets for interferometric quantum experiments

NANOQUESTFIT: Nanoparticles in Quantum Experiments: Exploring the scientific basis of future innovative quantum technologies

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