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MIT Snaps Stunning First Photos of Atoms Interacting in Open Space
MIT scientists have snapped the first-ever images of individual atoms interacting freely in space, making visible the elusive ...
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Scientists Have Taken the First Ever Photos of Atoms Interacting in Free Space
Under ultracold conditions, bosons form a curious state of matter known as a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), in which all the ...
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In a first, physicists spot elusive 'free-range' atoms — confirming a century-old theory about quantum mechanics
Physicists have used a novel technique to observe individual atoms interacting in free space for the first time ever. The new ...
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MIT captures first image of free-range atoms, can help visualize quantum phenomena
Researchers captured the first-ever images of atoms freely interacting in space, offering a rare glimpse into quantum ...
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Physicists snap the first images of 'free-range' atoms
Bottom: Three microscope images show (left to right) bosonic 23Na forming a Bose-Einstein condensate; a single spin state in a weakly interacting 6Li Fermi mixture; and both spin states of a strongly ...
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Scientists Have Taken the First Ever Photos of Atoms Interacting in Free Space
Bottom: Three microscope images show (left to right) bosonic 23Na forming a Bose-Einstein condensate; a single spin state in a weakly interacting 6Li Fermi mixture; and both spin states of a ...
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MIT captures first image of free-range atoms, can help visualize quantum phenomena
Bottom: Images show a ²³Na condensate, single-spin ⁶Li, and paired fermions in a Fermi mixture. Credit: MIT / Courtesy of the researchers The researchers then switch on a lattice of light to ...