Goal: Developing The Best Atomic Clock In The World
Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 22:35
in Physics & Chemistry
They are masters at working with light: the scientists at the newly founded QUEST Institute in Germany. And they want to work on some of the most exciting questions relating to physics today: on unimaginably precise methods of measurement for observing the Earth, on the pressing question of the fundamentals of physics, of whether the fundamental constants are really constant, and on the development of the best atomic clock in the world made of a single aluminum atom.