Which experiment showed in 1914 that atoms absorb energy in discrete amounts?
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Franck–Hertz experiment
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Which experiment showed in 1914 that atoms absorb energy in discrete amounts?
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Franck–Hertz experiment
What radiation, predicted by Stephen Hawking in 1974, is emitted by black holes because of quantum effects?
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Hawking radiation
Which physicist proposed a quantum computer simulation of physics in a 1982 paper?
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Richard Feynman
In quantum mechanics, what quantum number specifies an electron orbital’s angular-momentum type?
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Azimuthal quantum number
Which quantum algorithm, proposed by Peter Shor in 1994, can factor large integers exponentially faster than known classical methods?
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Shor’s algorithm
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Which physicist proposed a quantum computer simulation of physics in a 1982 paper?
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Richard Feynman
In quantum mechanics, what quantum number specifies an electron orbital’s angular-momentum type?
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Azimuthal quantum number
Which experiment, published in 1927, first clearly demonstrated electron diffraction from a crystal?
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Davisson–Germer experiment
In quantum physics, which statistics describe particles that can share the same quantum state?
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Bose–Einstein statistics
In quantum physics, what is the name of the two-slit experiment that reveals particle interference?
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Double-slit experiment
In quantum physics, what name is given to the rule that two particles can behave as one linked system?
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Quantum entanglement
In quantum physics, what experiment split silver atoms into separate beams according to spin?
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Stern–Gerlach experiment