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arXiv:1410.0270quant-ph

Testing the limits of quantum mechanical superpositions

Markus Arndt, Klaus Hornberger

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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 last decades inspires hope that this debate may be decided by table-top experiments.

arXiv comments
16 pages, 4 Figures; published version differs by minor editorial changes
Journal reference
Nature Physics 10, 271 (2014)
DOI
doi:10.1038/nphys2863
Subjects
quant-phQuantum Physics

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    • You seem to be saying that the uncertainty principle is hiding the underlying reality from us, and that objects are simultaneously wave like and particle like and we just can't see it because we're "stuck in the system" so to speak. I'd point out that this line of reasoning is…

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