Exploring Superstrings in the Lab

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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I hope they'll have no success.

[sqar]

I particularly dislike the string theories. If they could prove that string theories are right this would diminish my respect for god as a smart guy/girl/whatever. I hold the quantum-loop theory or the heim theory in much higher regards as they are smarter.

http://www.heim-theory.com/Contents/contents.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heim-Theory

regards, sqar

whatever this proves

[Internet_Communist]

I'm somewhat tired of these silly theories of everything thought up by pseudo-intellectuals by piling theories on top of theories.

and then in the end someone will ask, where do strings come from? And you'll work out another 10 theories to figure that out, only until someone asks where whatever that came from as well.

whether you put the blame on silly self-serving religious ideals or theorised theories of theories, I'll pick the third option: sun god.

Oh wait.

so yeah go prove superstrings or whatever. I still think the string theory is a big load of shit made up by people who idolize Einstein a little too much...maybe if these people thought for themselves they could see the obvious truth to things.