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Are atoms waves or particles?

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

It is shown that the Kapitza-Dirac effect with atoms, which has been considered to be evidence of their wavelike character, can be interpreted as a scattering of pointlike objects by the periodic laser field.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0409203,
  title  = {Are atoms waves or particles?},
  author = {Trevor W. Marshall},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0409203},
  year   = {2007}
}

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