Physicists snap the first images of 'free-range' atoms

Scientists Have Taken the First Ever Photos of Atoms Interacting in Free Space

The new quantum microscope shows particles behaving exactly as predicted by theory.

Physicists snap the first images of 'free-range' atoms

MIT physicists have captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space. The pictures reveal correlations among the "free-range" particles that until now were predicted but never directly observed. Their findings, published today in the journal Physical Review Letters, will help scientists visualize never-before-seen quantum phenomena in real space.

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), led by Professor Martin Zwierlein, has made a significant advance in the field of atomic microscopy. The scientists have developed an innovative approach to visualizing individual atoms in atomic clouds, allowing them to observe their interactions in real time. This technique, known as “atomic-resolving microscopy,” opens up the possibility of obtaining images that demon…

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States have made a revolutionary breakthrough by capturing the first images of individual atoms by interacting freely in space. Images, which show interactions between free particles that had only been theorized so far, will allow scientists to observe directly [...]

MIT researchers lasso free-range atoms

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MIT physicists (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have captured the first images of individual atoms interacting freely in space. ...