Are Atoms Waves or Particles?

Foundations of Physics 36 (3):333-349 (2006)
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It is shown that the Kapitza-Dirac effect with atoms, which has been considered to be evidence for their wavelike character, can be interpreted as a scattering of pointlike objects by the periodic laser field

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10.1007/s10701-005-9023-y

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