BeershebaThe measured phase sat within 2.5% of theory.
A mismatch would have proven gravity and quantum theory directly incompatible.
The Quantum Galileo Interferometer split one atom into a falling path and a stationary one, then compared their phases.
Israel’s team next aims to test far heavier nanodiamonds within four to five years.
How each outlet framed it
- Ars Technica
- explains 90-year-old quantum-gravity thought experiment now testable - puts atoms in superposed free-fall vs held paths
Sources: Ars Technica