Scrambled supersolids (IMAGE)

University of Innsbruck

Scrambled supersolids

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Supersolids are fluid and solid at the same time. Physicists from Innsbruck and Geneva have for the first time investigated what happens when such a state is brought out of balance. They discovered a soft form of a solid of high interest for science.

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IQOQI Innsbruck/Harald Ritsch

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