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A slightly more informative article, which references the paper published in nature (unfortunately, I couldn't find a copy of that that wasn't behind a paywall)
by 1053r 16y ago
A slightly more informative article, which references the paper published in nature (unfortunately, I couldn't find a copy of that that wasn't behind a paywall).
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101124/full/news.2010.630.html http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101124/full/news.2010.630.ht...
Note that the photons weren't made into matter. They were made into a Bose-Einstein Condensate, which is where all of the component particles share quantum properties and interact with the rest of the universe in "lockstep".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_condensate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_condensat...
- juiceandjuice 16y agoTo be a little more clear though (from the Nature article): "Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) are a bizarre quantum phase of matter. " I can email people the copy if they want, I won't post it though.
- Shamiq 16y agoIs it readable by those of us who fall under the "layman" category?
- mchouza 16y agoI believe that the preprint is at: http://arxiv.org/abs/1007.4088 http://arxiv.org/abs/1007.4088