FROM ATOMIC BEC TO QUANTUM MATTER

What comes after atomic BEC?

Molecular condensates, BECs in microgravity, and atom interferometry open new frontiers in quantum matter and precision sensing.

Matter became a wave. Now we learn how to control it.

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38 PICOKELVIN

38 picokelvin was not simply a colder thermometer reading.

A matter-wave lens reduced the residual internal kinetic energy of a BEC to a 38 pK equivalent scale, slowing expansion for precise atom interferometry.

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CERN's AICE facility achieves unprecedented 100m baseline atom interferometry, enabling detection of bosonic ultralight dark matter and gravitational waves in the 0.03-3Hz range—filling critical gaps in cosmic exploration.

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