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Recent neutron interference experiments, based on the post-selection of narrow momentum states behind the interferometer, have shown that coherent wave packets remain totally coupled in configuration space, even when they become separated in ordinary space. Such non-overlapping wave packets in real space (Schrödinger-cat-like states) show a characteristical spectral modulation and squeezing indicating its nonclassical features. This shows analogies to EPR- experiments, with consequences for the debate about the non-locality phenomena of quantum mechanics.
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Rauch, H. (1995). Postselection and Squeezing in Neutron Interferometry and EPR-Experiments. In: Ferrero, M., van der Merwe, A. (eds) Fundamental Problems in Quantum Physics. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 73. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8529-3_27
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