Insights Blog
-- Browse All Articles --
Physics Articles
Physics Tutorials
Physics Guides
Physics FAQ
Math Articles
Math Tutorials
Math Guides
Math FAQ
Education Articles
Education Guides
Bio/Chem Articles
Technology Guides
Computer Science Tutorials
Forums
Classical Physics
Quantum Physics
Quantum Interpretations
Special and General Relativity
Atomic and Condensed Matter
Nuclear and Particle Physics
Beyond the Standard Model
Cosmology
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Other Physics Topics
Trending
Featured Threads
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Classical Physics
Quantum Physics
Quantum Interpretations
Special and General Relativity
Atomic and Condensed Matter
Nuclear and Particle Physics
Beyond the Standard Model
Cosmology
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Other Physics Topics
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
More options
Contact us
Close Menu
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Forums
Physics
Atomic and Condensed Matter
Are BEC vortex lattices individual atoms?
Reply to thread
Message
[QUOTE="Rev. Cheeseman, post: 6544020, member: 681426"] According to this article [URL]https://www.livescience.com/54667-bose-einstein-condensate.html[/URL], it said "What the two found was that ordinarily, atoms have to have certain energies — in fact one of the fundamentals of quantum mechanics is that the energy of an atom or other subatomic particle can't be arbitrary. This is why electrons, for example, have discrete "orbitals" that they have to occupy, and why they give off photons of specific wavelengths when they drop from one orbital, or energy level, to another. [B]But cool the atoms to within billionths of a degree of absolute zero and some atoms begin to fall into the same energy level, becoming indistinguishable[/B]." I think by indistinguishable, they mean the atoms in Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) states can't be detected as individual atoms. Not sure but please tell me if they mean otherwise. But in these images [URL]https://calderup.wordpress.com/2010/08/18/superatomic-circus/#more-1556[/URL] and https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Images-of-single-atoms-in-a-Rb-Bose-Einstein-condensate-trapped-in-an-optical-lattice_fig18_322735643 we can actually see individual atoms in BEC states. Are there any other images that show individual atoms in BEC states? If these images indeed show individual atoms in BEC states, that means it is actually possible to detect discrete individual atoms in BEC states. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Post reply
Forums
Physics
Atomic and Condensed Matter
Are BEC vortex lattices individual atoms?
Back
Top