State-independent experimental test of quantum contextuality

Nature

Volumn 460, Issue 7254, 2009, Pages 494-497

  Kirchmair, G ^a,b   Zahringer F ^a,b   Gerritsma, R ^a,b   Kleinmann, M ^a   Guhne O ^a,b   Cabello, A ^c   Blatt, R ^a,b   Roos, C F ^a,b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION; QUANTUM DOT;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE; ION; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRON; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 67749088161     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08172     Document Type: Article

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