Physicists have created the basic element of lightsabers
Physicists from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have succeeded in creating a new type of matter, which in its properties resembles the matter of the lightsabers from Star Wars. This is reported by the edition Phys. Researchers led by professors Mikhail Lukin and Vladan Vuletic passed a stream of photons through a cloud of rubidium atoms and found that the particles interact with each other to form molecules. This state of matter was previously assessed by scientists only as theoretically possible. "Perhaps a literal comparison with lightsabers is not correct in this case. When such photons collide with each other, they are reflected. The physics of what is happening really resembles what we saw in the movies '' - Professor Lukin commented on the discovery. Note that earlier photons were considered particles that have no mass, and therefore, in any collision of two light streams, which the Jedi sword is, they would simply pass through each other. “We have created a special type of environment in which photons interact with each other so strongly that they act as if they have mass,” the scientist added. Naturally, work researchers pursues very different goals than the creation of lightsabers. Its result will help, in particular, in the creation of quantum computers. they would just pass through each other.“We created a special type of environment in which photons interact with each other so strongly that they act as if they have mass,” he added. Naturally, the work of researchers pursues completely different goals than the creation of lightsabers. Its result will help, in particular, in the creation of quantum computers. they would just pass through each other.“We created a special type of environment in which photons interact with each other so strongly that they begin to act as if they have mass,” he added. Naturally, the work of researchers pursues completely different goals than the creation of lightsabers. Its result will help, in particular, in the creation of quantum computers. The Topic of Article: Physicists have created the basic element of lightsabers. |
