2-D Cold-atom Gas (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

2-D Cold-atom Gas

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In Cheng Chin's lab, a cloud of cesium atoms, shown as red balls, are confined on a horizontal plane and cooled to nano-Kelvin temperatures. An example of the measured atomic distribution is shown on the plane below the atoms, and reveals a universal scaling symmetry of physics in a two-dimensional quantum world.

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Cheng Chin

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