In 2001, Eric Cornell of NIST and Carl Wieman of the University of Colorado shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for their groundbreaking work creating the first Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in 1995. A BEC is a new form of matter where ultracold atoms coalesce into a single “superatom” with uniform properties, as predicted by Einstein in 1924 and Bose in 1925.
Cornell and Wieman’s achievement at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder, marked a significant milestone in physics. It demonstrated the possibility of manipulating and observing matter at the atomic level, opening up new avenues for research in quantum mechanics and the behavior of matter at extremely low temperatures.
Source: https://www.nist.gov/awards/2001-nobel-prize-physics-eric-cornell
Keywords: Condensate, Atoms, Einstein, Thermometers
