Charge it: Neutral atoms made to act like electrically charged particles

Friday, April 1, 2011 - 11:03 in Physics & Chemistry

Completing the story they started by creating synthetic magnetic fields, scientists from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland, have now made atoms act as if they were charged particles accelerated by electric fields...

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