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Coldest US lab achieves a rare quantum state at -459.6 Fahrenheit | This research opens new paths for studying quantum materials, potentially leading to unique formations like dipolar droplets, self-organizing crystal phases, and spin liquids.
Columbia researchers could create a rare quantum state of matter, the Bose-Einstein condensate, by precisely cooling molecules to near absolute zero.
The idea of BEC goes back a century, when physicists Bose and Einstein predicted that super-chilled particles would coalesce into a single entity, following the rules of quantum mechanics. A lab headed by physicist Sebastian Will conducted the research.“By controlling these dipolar interactions, we hope to create new quantum states and phases of matter,” said Ian Stevenson, a post-doctoral student at the university and the co-author of the study, in a statement. Researchers point out that in contrast to atomic simulators with limited-range interactions, molecular BECs provide richer possibilities and, therefore, enhance the fidelity of the complex material model.
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