First the Einstein Bose Condensate, and now the Efimov Trimer.


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Will wonders never cease, especially man-made wonders.

A few years ago a theoretical state of matter was actually realized, the Einstein Bose condensate.

One hundred years ago, there were reputable physicists (Ernst Mach for one) who doubted the existence of atoms. Now look!

And now (drum roll....) the Efimov Trimer.

Three bosons playing ring around the rosey.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/uoc-ain031506.php

This is an extremely interesting time to be alive.

Ba'al Chatzaf

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From the article.

"This ring means that three objects are entangled. If you pick up any one of them, the other two will follow. However, if you cut one of them off, the other two will fall apart," Chin said. "There is something magic about this number of three."

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Just as a four legged stool may wobble, a three legged stool never wobbles. Any predictions for how many joined atoms it takes to make a computer sentient?

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From the article.

"This ring means that three objects are entangled. If you pick up any one of them, the other two will follow. However, if you cut one of them off, the other two will fall apart," Chin said. "There is something magic about this number of three."

end quote

Just as a four legged stool may wobble, a three legged stool never wobbles. Any predictions for how many joined atoms it takes to make a computer sentient?

The fact that they can hook -bosons- together is astounding.

Ba'al Chatzaf

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