JQI researchers create 'synthetic magnetic fields' for neutral atoms
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 14:07
in Physics & Chemistry
Achieving an important new capability in ultracold atomic gases, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute, a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland, have created "synthetic" magnetic fields for ultracold gas atoms, in effect "tricking" neutral atoms into acting as if they are electrically charged particles subjected to a real