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Since 1927 and the hypothesis by de Broglie that any particle can behave like a corpuscle or a wave, many experiments have been performed to demonstrate the wave behavior of massive particles, such as electrons, neutrons and protons, atoms, molecules, clusters, and Bose-Einstein condensates. In each case, the interferences manifested themselves in the presence of intensity maxima or minima.
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Frémont, F. (2014). Interferences with Massive Particles. In: Young-Type Interferences with Electrons. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol 77. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38479-0_2
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