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Quantum effects of gravity

Nature volume 415, pages 267–268 (2002)Cite this article

The effects of gravity and quantum mechanics rarely overlap because of the different scales involved. An experiment with ultracold neutrons has now been able to probe both simultaneously.

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Figure 1: A system for analysing the flight path of ultracold neutrons (UCNs).

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