That blue, pixelated image, ladies and gentlemen, is the very first image of an atom’s electron orbital structure. In other words, you’re looking at the first picture of an atom’s wave function. Here, ...

Physicists from the Canadian Institute for Measurement Standards are the first to measure a quantum mechanical wave function. And it only took 88 years from the formulation of Schroedinger’s equation!

The heart of quantum mechanics is the wave-particle duality: matter and light possess both wave-like and particle-like attributes. Typically, the wave-like properties are inferred indirectly from the ...

Extremely cold atoms have been nudged to self-magnify their quantum states so they can be imaged in unprecedented detail. This could help researchers better understand what quantum particles do in odd ...

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A BOAT trip on Lake Zurich seemed like the perfect way to unwind after intense discussions about the hot topic of the moment, quantum theory. Appropriate, too, given that all the physicists present ...

The investigation described here has provided wave functions for the lowest S1, P1 and P3 states of the beryllium atom which are more accurate according to the energy test than any wave functions ...