Verifying Wave Packet Delocalization: Experiments & Results

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How particle delocalization can be experimentally verified?

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How particle delocalization can be experimentally verified?


A very nice example is Akira Tonomura's electron double-slit experiment which shows
that the electron's wave function spreads to at least multiple micrometers.

http://www.hqrd.hitachi.co.jp/em/doubleslit.cfm

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