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Exploring Superstrings in the Lab

Posted by Zonk on from the knitting-a-scarf dept.

ultracool writes "Physicists at Utrecht University in the Netherlands have come up with a way of observing a superstring by utilizing Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC). A one-dimensional BEC in an optical lattice is rapidly rotated, causing a quantized vortex to form. The bosonic part of the superstring consists of this vortex line. Inside the vortex, they would trap an ultracold cloud of fermionic atoms. Hopefully this will allow observation of the supersymmetry between bosons and fermions, thus providing the first experimental evidence to support superstring theory."

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  1. Let me explain. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What they don't know is that such an event would likely trigger a spontanious phase transition of the vacuum. This will precipitate a new "big bang" and the universe will be destroyed, and a new one born, in Norway.

  2. mod dowN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    copy a 17 Meg File

  3. Re:Superstrings are unscientific by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the fuck is wrong with you?

  4. Just don't forget by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Poland

  5. Re:Supersymmetry != string theory by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you're really a physicist, make yourself useful and tell me when I can expect my quantum entanglement wireless transcievers, and what kind of bandwidth we're likely to see with first generation technology.

  6. Hey at least it's not harry fucking potter by TheLittleJetson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'd rather it be over my head than below me.