The cat state in the UNSW study is an atom of antimony, which is a heavy atom with a large nuclear spin. The high spin value implies that, instead of just pointing up and down (that is, in one of two ...

Antimony as a model for phase change materials "We investigated ... but consists of only one type of atom," says Professor Schnohr. These properties facilitate analysis and comparison with other ...

The 'Schrödinger's cat' thought experiment illustrates a quantum superposition state, where a cat is simultaneously alive and dead, depending on the decay of a radioactive atom. Professor Andrea ...