Matter-wave interference of particles selected from a molecular library with masses exceeding 10,000 amu.

@article{Eibenberger2013MatterwaveIO,
  title={Matter-wave interference of particles selected from a molecular library with masses exceeding 10,000 amu.},
  author={Sandra Eibenberger and Stefan Gerlich and Markus Arndt and Marcel Mayor and Jens T{\"u}xen},
  journal={Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP},
  year={2013},
  volume={15 35},
  pages={
          14696-700
        }
}
The quantum superposition principle, a key distinction between quantum physics and classical mechanics, is often perceived as a philosophical challenge to our concepts of reality, locality or space-time since it contrasts with our intuitive expectations with experimental observations on isolated quantum systems. While we are used to associating the notion of localization with massive bodies, quantum physics teaches us that every individual object is associated with a wave function that may… Expand
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