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Named after Paul Dirac and Peter Kapitza who predicted the effect in 1933.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kapitza-Dirac effect
Today it means: The diffraction of matter by a standing wave of light. Full definition →
Today it means: The diffraction of matter by a standing wave of light. Full definition →
Named after Paul Dirac and Peter Kapitza who predicted the effect in 1933.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.