Month-long calculation resolves 82-year-old quantum paradox

2009/09/01 by Charles Day · 1 voice
Physics and Astronomy · Chemistry · #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Molecular spectroscopy and chirality #Origins and Evolution of Life

paper · doi:10.1063/1.3226702

openalex publication_date 2009/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

A chiral molecule’s transition from a superposition of its left-handed and right-handed isomers to the isomers themselves reveals the nature of the quantum-to-classical transition.

Citations

• Hund's paradox and the collisional stabilization of chiral molecules

Discussions

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