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Nobel lecture: When atoms behave as waves: Bose-Einstein condensation and the atom laser

Wolfgang Ketterle

Reviews of Modern Physics · 2002 · 810 citations · 76 references

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The lure of lower temperatures has attracted physicists for the past century, and with each advance towards absolute zero, new and rich physics has emerged. Laypeople

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