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2 unusual facts about Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect


Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect

In 1956, Robert Hanbury Brown and Richard Q. Twiss published A test of a new type of stellar interferometer on Sirius, in which two photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), separated by about 6 meters, were aimed at the star Sirius.

A simple argument suggested by Ugo Fano Fano, 1961 captures the essence of the quantum explanation.



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