Everlasting Quantum Wave: NIST Physicists Predict New Form of Soliton in Ultracold Gases

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 22:35 in Physics & Chemistry

Solitary waves that run a long distance without losing their shape or dying out are a special class of waves called solitons. These everlasting waves are exotic enough, but theoreticians at the Joint Quantum Institute now believe that there may be a new kind of soliton that's even more special.

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