Topic: The Bose-Einstein Condensate

[sam]

Three years ago in a Colorado laboratory, scientists realized a long-standing dream, bringing the quantum world closer to the one of everyday experience

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bose-einstein-condensate

[Simon]

[sam]

lol - I feel like that when colleague go on about this. I was hoping this might be a bit more accessible.

[Simon]

To who? 

[sam]

you... well you being the general public... but yeah tis heavy going. Could so do with more visual stimulus.

[Simon]

Yeah, then we can just look at the pics. 

[sam]

well that's the point. All science should be described by a few nice diagrams. 

[Clive]

Unusual for you to be talking about particle physics Sam.    All good stuff! 

[sam]

indeed. but I wouldn't call this particle physics - more low temp, fun stuff...