matter waves

plural noun

1. See de Broglie waves

Example Sentences

Matter waves are not so different from string waves.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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