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"The next step is to drop a cloud of ultracold atoms on the mirror so that we can watch them bounce,"...

The old bouncing ultracold atoms on the mirror trick.

1 posted on 08/10/2010 12:09:36 PM PDT by decimon
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The old bouncing ultracold atoms on the mirror trick.

I think I saw that in Vegas once.

2 posted on 08/10/2010 12:10:43 PM PDT by Allegra (We are all humblegunner...and Pablo is very wily.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ping


3 posted on 08/10/2010 12:11:03 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

I wonder if this could be used to form an atomic laser?


4 posted on 08/10/2010 12:15:00 PM PDT by Mr. K (Physically unable to proofreed (<---oops! see?))
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To: decimon; tx_eggman; Allegra
The old bouncing ultracold atoms on the mirror trick.

I think I saw that in Vegas once.

Saw it, hell, I performed it at a Texas cookoff in February once...

Oh, wait... Nevermind. I was in the port-a-potty.
5 posted on 08/10/2010 12:17:23 PM PDT by SpinnerWebb (In 2012 you will awaken from your HOPEnosis and have no recollection of this... "Constitution")
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It's for tiny dentists. Thanks decimon.

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6 posted on 08/10/2010 6:11:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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