Coldest Spot in the Known Universe

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seasmith
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Coldest Spot in the Known Universe

Unread post by seasmith » Fri Jan 31, 2014 8:14 pm

well maybe…

NASA researchers are planning to create the coldest spot in the known universe inside the International Space Station.
“We’re going to study matter at temperatures far colder than are found naturally,” says Rob Thompson of JPL.
[using magnetic expansion]

Quantum mechanics is a branch of physics that describes the bizarre … If you create two BECs and put them together, they don't mix like an ordinary gas. Instead, they can "interfere" like waves: thin, parallel layers...
Maybe they "interfere like waves", because waves are the only motions not frozen.

Researchers like Thompson think of the Cold Atom Lab as a doorway into the quantum world. Could the door swing both ways? If the temperature drops low enough, “we’ll be able to assemble atomic wave packets as wide as a human hair--that is, big enough for the human eye to see.” A creature of quantum physics will have entered the macroscopic world.

Tesla wave-packets anyone ?


http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/sc ... _coldspot/

Sparky
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Re: Coldest Spot in the Known Universe

Unread post by Sparky » Sat Feb 01, 2014 7:46 am

My calculations show that for really innovative progress they need to reach -14k or lower... 8-)


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