The wave nature of matter is well established for isolated particles, from electrons to molecules. Now experiment reveals that even deeply buried core-shell electrons in a diatomic molecule can emit coherently.
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Arndt, M. Coherence in molecular nitrogen. Nature Phys 1, 19–20 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys118
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