Quantum Gas in Free Fall (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Quantum Gas in Free Fall

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Experiment with a dramatic fall: The capsule is pulled up to the starting position in the drop tower, where the physicists generate a Bose-Einstein condensate by remote control and observe how it behaves at zero gravity -- a step towards extremely-sensitive measuring devices for gravitation.

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Image: ZARMS / University of Bremen

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