Hacker News with Generative AI: Atomic Physics

Physicists snap the first images of "free-range" atoms (news.mit.edu)
MIT physicists have captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space.
Physics, Science, Atomic Physics, Microscopy
7 points by gmays 8 days ago | 0 comments
MIT physicists snap the first images of "free-range" atoms (news.mit.edu)
MIT physicists have captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space.
Physics, Science, Microscopy, Atomic Physics
8 points by ilamont 18 days ago | 1 comments
Experimental evidence photon can spend negative amount of time in an atom cloud (arxiv.org)
Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Time, Experiments, Atomic Physics
4 points by belter 142 days ago | 0 comments
Coherent spin dynamics between electron and nucleus within a single atom (nature.com)
The nuclear spin, being much more isolated from the environment than its electronic counterpart, presents opportunities for quantum experiments with prolonged coherence times.
Quantum Mechanics, Physics, Atomic Physics, Nuclear Physics
4 points by PaulHoule 249 days ago | 0 comments
The first nuclear clock will test if fundamental constants change (quantamagazine.org)
An ultra-precise measurement of a transition in the hearts of thorium atoms gives physicists a tool to probe the forces that bind the universe.
Physics, Fundamental Constants, Atomic Physics, Scientific Research, Time Measurement
288 points by beefman 261 days ago | 182 comments