Initially theorized in 1924 by its two namesake scientists, it was not actually constructed until 1995, when Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman finally created one. In 1997, stable ones were created through the use of the laser cooling technique, which won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics. Made of rubidium atoms a millionth of a degree above absolute zero, its properties are all heavily quantized. For ten points, identify this c
Initially theorized in 1924 by its two namesake scientists, it was not actually constructed until 1995, when Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman finally created one. In 1997, stable ones were created through the use of the laser cooling technique, which won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics. Made of rubidium atoms a millionth of a degree above absolute zero, its properties are all heavily quantized. For ten points, identify this construct which traps light passing through it.
Initially theorized in 1924 by its two namesake scientists, it was not actually constructed until 1995, when Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman finally created one.
{Bose-Einstein condensate}