matter waves

British  

plural noun

1. See de Broglie waves

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Example Sentences

By studying such details, the researchers could tell whether, prior to crashing, the matter waves had been changed by interacting with light or any other forces in their surroundings.

From Scientific American

Onboard the MAIUS-1 rocket, a carefully choreographed system of lasers split the ultracold atoms into multiple matter waves before letting them collide.

From Scientific American

The stripe pattern produced by colliding BECs, Gaaloul says, is a bit like an archeological dig: it helps scientists determine the precise precrash history of the matter waves and pinpoint anything that could have moved their peaks and troughs.

From Scientific American

Earth-orbiting BECs could also advance atom interferometry — a measurement technique based on the interference between matter waves.

From Nature

Properties of these co-called “matter waves” depend on their temperature; at large temperatures they have short wavelengths and look and behave particlelike because all the peaks and valleys are so close together that they cannot be told apart.

From Scientific American