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What methods exist for us to measure the position and momentum of atoms that make up molecules?

In reference to this paper, http://iopscience.iop.org/1355-5111/8/1/014, we are able to localize atoms using homodyne measurement. Would it be too naive to consider we can measure the position of ...
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Why does a coulomb explosion induce fusion?

If you strip the valence electrons apart with a very short intense electromagnetic field the remaining core explodes in a so called coulomb explosion. But experiments have shown that under certain ...