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- Authors
- Wheeler, J. A.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wheeler, John Archibald
- Venue
- Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Theory
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Published
- 1978
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- 9-48
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- W193210549
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- en
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
- Keywords
- double-slit experiment, delayed-choice experiment, wave-particle duality, quantum interference, single-slit diffraction, photon paths, quantum measurement, complementarity
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