Vortices in atomic gases resolve basic phenomena of quantum physics
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 05:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Quantum phenomena at extremely low temperatures are fervently studied both theoretically and experimentally in contemporary physics. Alkali atoms cooled to near absolute zero formed the first experimentally successful gaseous Bose–Einstein condensate in 1995. Six years later, the achievement was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.