The Toblerone and the Gummy Bears (IMAGE)

Université de Genève

The Toblerone and the Gummy Bears

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In a one-dimensional periodic potential, represented here by a Toblerone bar, there is no flow of electrons (represented by Gummy bears) when two of them occupy a hollow space. The research made it possible to observe similar behaviour with ultra-cold lithium-6 atoms.

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