Physics Professor David Hall and Team First to Tie Knots in Quantum Matter
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 10:45
in Physics & Chemistry
Physicists have long predicted the possibility of tying knots in quantum fields. But no one has been able to make or observe a three-dimensional quantum knot, until now. In a breakthrough discovery explored in a paper published in Nature Physics, one of the most prestigious journals in physics, a scientific team led by Amherst Physics Professor David S. Hall '91 and Aalto University (Finland) Professor Mikko Mottonen have found a way to create knotted solitary waves in a quantum-mechanical field.