Universal quantum mechanism: Physicists find reappearing quantum trios
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 15:14
in Physics & Chemistry
Using atoms at temperatures colder than deep space, physicists have delivered overwhelming proof for a 1970 theory that was largely scoffed at when it first appeared. They offers experimental proof of a universal quantum mechanism that causes trios of particles to appear and reappear at higher energy levels in an infinite progression. The triplets, or trimers, form in special cases where pairs cannot.