090526_mini_uniserse-2 (IMAGE)

University of Birmingham

090526_mini_uniserse-2

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The 'cloud' inside the glass cell is a magneto-optical trap of rubidium atoms at a temperature of ~0.0001 degrees above absolute zero. It is only the first step to "build" the mini-universe.   

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