Philipp Haslinger

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Motivation

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After the same time all particles with the same mass produce the same interference, regardless of their velocities!

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Haslinger et al. Nature Physics (2013)

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Erwin Schrödinger‘s grave in Alpbach

It is not „written in stone“

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It is „written in stone“

At University of Vienna

Team 2013

Philipp Haslinger Bordeaux 2013

Time-domain interferometry