Experimental realization of Popper's experiment: Violation of the uncertainty principle?

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1849-1861

  Kim, Yoon Ho ^a   Shih, Yanhua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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EID: 0033258821     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018890316979     Document Type: Article

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