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Measuring the Temperature of Cold Atoms


Measuring the Temperature of Cold Atoms

Speaker

A. Kumarakrishnan

Grade Level
Grade 12 only
Category
Physics & Astronomy
A.-Kumarkrishnan

Talk Description:

It is now routinely possible to slow atoms with Lasers and store them in atom traps. These atoms typically have temperatures of about 100 micro-Kelvin. The talk will discuss the Physics of atom traps and describe how a thermometer to measure such low temperatures can be realized.