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1. Record-breaking cold trap for pinning atoms.

Author

Peterson, I.

Subjects
*ATOMS, *COOLING, JOINT Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (Boulder, Colo.)
Abstract

Looks at the work of Eric A. Cornell and others who have brought a group of neutral atoms closer to absolute zero. Details of the work at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics; Report at a quantum electronics and laser science conference in Baltimore in 1995.

Published
1995
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2. RESEARCH NOTES: Colorado researchers create world's coldest temperature.

Author

McDonald, Kim A.

Subjects
*CESIUM, *ATOMS, *COOLING
Abstract

Reports on University of Colorado at Boulder physicists' success in cooling cesium atoms to what they say is the world's coldest temperature. Breaking of the record set by physicists at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, France; Use of lasers to trap and cool the cesium atoms; Normal movement of atoms; Splitting of laser beams to slow the atoms; Hypothetical point at which all molecular motion stops, or absolute zero temperature.

Published
1990

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