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| Title: |
Physics; Quantum Mechanics; Bose-Einstein Condensate |
| Description: |
JILA scientists measured how temperature affects the Casimir-Polder force using an apparatus that holds four small squares of glass inside a vacuum chamber. A cloud of ultracold atoms in a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) was held a few micrometers below one piece of glass, and the force was calculated based on the wiggling of the BEC. Warmer glass magnified the attraction between the surface and the atoms.
*Physics; JILA, Quantum Mechanics; Bose-Einstein Condensate, Casimir-Polder force
See also http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/newsfromnist_casimir-polder.htm.
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| Subjects (names): |
Cornell, Eric
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| Source: |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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Credit: E. Cornell group/JILA |
| AV Number: |
07PHY005 |
| Date Created: |
February 7, 2007 |
| Date Entered: |
2/7/2007 |
