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Super Atom

Introduction

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Left: Normal Atoms. Right: Bose einstein atoms

Super atom is another term used for describing a Bose–Einstein condensate,[1] whereby a group of atoms are super-cooled to only several billionths (0.000000001) of a Kelvin above Absolute Zero.[2] The end result is an atom “blob”[1] or super atom, so called because many of the individual super-cooled atoms merge together into one collective unit[3] and begin to behave less like particles and more like waves.[3]

The maximum number of super-cooled atoms that may possibly merge together into one stable super atom is a topic of current research interest.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 BEC – What is it and where did the idea come from?
  2. ↑ BEC: Temperature and Absolute Zero
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NOVA | Absolute Zero | Ultracold Atoms | PBS
  4. ↑ For example, see http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/cond-mat/pdf/0104/0104231v3.pdf .