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Fundamental Tests of Physics with Optically Trapped Microspheres

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Chapter 1 introduces the concepts of the macroscopic quantum mechanics and the instantaneous velocity of Brownian motion. It summarizes the contributions of this thesis in this two fields.

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    In Einstein’s paper, \(\theta \) was defined as the time in which the velocity falls to a tenth of its original value. \(\theta \,=\,2.30 \, \tau _p\), where \(\tau _p\) is the momentum relaxation time of the particle. Einstein mistakenly obtained \(\theta \) = 330 ns for a 50-nm-diameter platinum nanosphere in water. The correct value should be \(\theta \) = 6.8 ns for his example.

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Li, T. (2013). Introduction. In: Fundamental Tests of Physics with Optically Trapped Microspheres. Springer Theses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6031-2_1

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