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Quantum researchers cause controlled 'wobble' in the nucleus of a single atom
‘wobble’ in the nucleus of a single atom Researchers from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands have been able to initiate a controlled movement in the very heart of an atom. They caused the atomic nucleus to interact with one of the electrons in the outermost shells of the atom.
The research, published in Nature Communications today, offers prospects for storing quantum information inside the nucleus, where it is safe from external disturbances. “It has one neutron less than the naturally abundant Ti-48, which makes the nucleus slightly magnetic.” This magnetism, the ‘spin’ in quantum language, can be seen as a sort of compass needle that can point in various directions. The nucleus of an atom floats inside a – comparatively – giant void far away from the orbiting electrons, oblivious of its environment.
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