Germany, March 6 -- Project Id: 125714
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Helping molecular gases reach the quantum ground state
Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) are a relatively new state of matter first achieved in the 1990s. Decades before, building on work done by Bose, Einstein had predicted that gaseous atoms cooled to near absolute zero would all occupy the lowest possible quantum energy state (ground state), subjecting them to ultimate control. In 2001, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to the scientists who eventually achieved Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms. These ground-breaking experiments spawned a new generation of research characterised by rapid theoretical and experimental progress. However, ...