Schrodinger's Cat. Computer artwork depicting the famous \Schrodinger's Cat\" thought experiment. The image shows a cat both dead (grey) and alive (gi

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Schrodinger's Cat. Computer artwork depicting the famous \Schrodinger's Cat\" thought experiment. The image shows a cat both dead (grey) and alive (ginger) inside a box on a starfield background. The orbitals of a radioactive isotope are superimposed over the cat. In this hypothetical situation, the cat is thought to be both alive and dead until observed. This is because a quantum event (the decay of a radioac- tive particle) is set up to trigger the release of a lethal poison from a vial (not seen here) that kills the cat. According to quantum physics, the unstable particle exists in an intermediate \"probabilistic\" state until it is observed."

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Size: 5532px × 3521px
Photo credit: © VOLKER STEGER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: artwork, cat, computer, effect, experiment, graphic, mechanics, physics, quantum, schrodinger, schrodingers, schroedinger, schroedingers, shrodinger, thought