Atom Chip (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Atom Chip

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Physicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics generate the Bose-Einstein condensate on the atom chip quickly and with little electrical power -- ideal conditions to repeat the experiment in a capsule in free fall.

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Image: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

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