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Pure Quantum-Mechanical Electron-Photon Mixture Demonstrated in Topological Insulator

In 2013, MIT physicists showed for the first time that shining powerful mid-infrared laser light on solid bismuth selenide produces Floquet-Bloch states, which are characterized by replicas of electronic energy states inside a solid with gaps opening up at crossing points of replica states.

6 Jan 2016

The Sun Could be on the Cusp of a Transition in its Magnetic Field

New work from a team of astronomers led by Carnegie's Jennifer van Saders indicates that one recently developed method for determining a star's age needs to be recalibrated for stars that are older than our Sun.

6 Jan 2016

Stars Stop Slowing Down After a Certain Age

At a critical point in the life of a star like the Sun its rotation stops 'slowing down', according to research published in the journal Nature by University of Birmingham scientists today (Jan. 4, 2016). This discovery challenges existing theories and has implications for our understanding of how the Sun and other stars influence their local environments, including planets, as they age.

5 Jan 2016

Strong Magnetic Fields Quite Common in Stars

Using a recently developed technique to detect magnetic fields inside stars, a group of astronomers -- including Matteo Cantiello and Lars Bildsten from UC Santa Barbara's Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) -- has discovered that strong magnetic fields are very common in stars. The group's findings appear in the journal Nature.

5 Jan 2016

Innovative Scheme Increases Proton Collision Rates at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

Accelerator physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have successfully implemented an innovative scheme for increasing proton collision rates at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC).

5 Jan 2016

MPQ Scientists Successfully Observe ‘Pauli Blocking’ Between Fermionic Lithium Atoms

Today, quantum optical experiments provide methods to prove the rules that have been thought of and pressed into elegant mathematical equations in those days.

5 Jan 2016

Special Glass Beads to Explore How Asteroids and Planets Form From Stony Particles

How are asteroids and planets formed from stony particles? This question is being explored in an experiment by scientists from the universities of Münster and Braunschweig.

5 Jan 2016

New Research Unit Receives DFG Approval to Determine Neutrino Mass Hierarchy

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a new research unit focusing on the determination of the neutrino mass hierarchy during the JUNO experiment. Professor Michael Wurm and his team at the Institute of Physics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz will form part of this collaboration, which is coordinated by RWTH Aachen University.

4 Jan 2016

New Way to Measure Pull of Gravity at Star's Surface

Researchers have found a new way to measure the pull of gravity at the surface of a star. For distant stars with planets orbiting them, this information is key in determining whether any of those planets can harbour life.

4 Jan 2016

New Book on ‘Beyond the Galaxy’ for Curious Minds

When a curious young adult wants to know the answers to the ultimate questions about the Universe -- what it's made of, where it came from, what its fate is, etc. - where do you send them to? Until now, a tremendous series of specialized books, a graduate-level education in cosmology, or months of one-on-one education, were your only options.

29 Dec 2015

Quantum Physics News

Pure Quantum-Mechanical Electron-Photon Mixture Demonstrated in Topological Insulator

The Sun Could be on the Cusp of a Transition in its Magnetic Field

Stars Stop Slowing Down After a Certain Age

Strong Magnetic Fields Quite Common in Stars

Innovative Scheme Increases Proton Collision Rates at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

MPQ Scientists Successfully Observe ‘Pauli Blocking’ Between Fermionic Lithium Atoms

Special Glass Beads to Explore How Asteroids and Planets Form From Stony Particles

New Research Unit Receives DFG Approval to Determine Neutrino Mass Hierarchy

New Way to Measure Pull of Gravity at Star's Surface

New Book on ‘Beyond the Galaxy’ for Curious Minds

Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

LabOne Q: An Intuitive Software Framework for Scalable Quantum Computing

ORCA-Quest qCMOS Camera by Hamamatsu

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Repeat-Until-Success Algorithm for Quantum Gate Decomposition

Researchers Exploit the Color Centers in Diamond to Enhance Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Processes for NMR Applications

Application of Electro-Optic Phase Modulator in Pound-Drever Hall Technique for Laser Frequency Stabilization

Quantum Physics News

Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

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2Quantum Observer Paradox: Extending Measurement Disturbance

3Quantum Linear Solvers for Redundant Baseline Calibration

4Researchers Achieve Major Advancement in Quantum Technology

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