Physicists froze a ‘necklace’ of atoms — and witnessed a quantum phenomenon predicted 100 years ago

Physicists froze a ‘necklace’ of atoms — and witnessed a quantum phenomenon predicted 100 years ago

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“Necklaces” of ultracold atoms have actually supplied brand-new proof to support an almost 100-year-old quantum theory.

In 1931, physicists were attempting to utilize quantum mechanics to discuss why some products are magnetic. A young physicist called Hans Bethe took a look at a single row of electrons. Each electron’s spin can punctuate or down. Bethe exercised the mathematics for how such a row acts and discovered that if a couple of spins in the row turn, they can stick and take a trip down the row as a single system.

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