Evidence of Wave-Particle Duality for Single Fast Hydrogen Atoms

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Gudmundsson, M.

Johansson, H. A. B.

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We report the direct observation of interference effects in a Young’s double-slit experiment where the interfering waves are two spatially separated components of the de Broglie wave of single 1.3 MeV hydrogen atoms formed close to either target nucleus in H++H2 electron-transfer collisions. Quantum interference strongly influences the results even though the hydrogen atoms have a de Broglie wavelength, λdB, as small as 25 fm.

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