University of Oklahoma researchers discover giant Rydberg atom molecules
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 10:42
in Physics & Chemistry
A group of University of Oklahoma researchers led by Dr. James P. Shaffer, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, have discovered giant Rydberg molecules with a bond as large as a red blood cell. Determining how Rydberg molecules interact is important because Rydberg atoms are a key ingredient in atom based quantum computation schemes.