Single atoms captured morphing into quantum waves in startling image
Single atoms captured morphing into quantum waves in startling image
www.newscientist.com Single atoms captured morphing into quantum waves in startling image
In the 1920s, Erwin Schrödinger wrote an equation that predicts how particles-turned-waves should behave. Now, researchers are perfectly recreating those predictions in the lab
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To put atoms in the quantum realm, the researchers had to make them nearly as cold as absolute zero. They placed lithium atoms in a small, airless chamber, then hit them with lasers and magnetic fields, which lowered their energy and made them cooler.
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That people can think through this stuff amazes me. Science is awesome.