Molecular gas achieves quantum degeneracy (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Molecular gas achieves quantum degeneracy

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False-color image of a gas of potassium-rubidium polar molecules (left) becoming denser and colder in reaching a state called quantum degeneracy (right), in which the individual molecules' matter waves overlap to create an interdependent system.

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