Contact: Gail Porter
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'March Madness' Effects Observed

Caption: The image above represents the interference of wave patterns created by simulated atoms that have been "trapped" by intersecting laser beams. The complex shape of peaks and valleys is an example of a natural fractal pattern, a pattern that continues to reveal new details no matter how many times it is magnified.

Credit: A.M. Rey/Harvard University

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