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If I’m understanding the fundamentals of the science behind this article, basically researchers are messing around with the state of the orbitals [0] of the ele
by tritium 9y ago
If I’m understanding the fundamentals of the science behind this article, basically researchers are messing around with the state of the orbitals [0] of the electron clouds of individual atoms and molecules in very cold condensates that are otherwise stable, provoking interesting states that defy the usual macroscopic interactions commonly observed in the 4 classic phases of matter?
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_orbital https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_orbital
Is that about right?
- goldenkey 9y agoThe discrete/continuous analog would cellular automata and PDEs respectively. Essentially, even if interaction is taking place, the hope is that such a regular and patterned formation could keep the qbits you care about, in perfect shape. There may be other interacting factors that oscillate but they are not used for storage, just for nonvolatility.
- mathgenius 9y agotry this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_quantum_Hall_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_quantum_Hall_effect