Tag Archives: APS Physics

Extending the Adiabatic Theorem

Like its slowly perturbed counterpart, a rapidly perturbed quantum system stays closer to the ground state than to any excited state. Continue reading

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Building a National Quantum Strategy

Andrea Damascelli recounts the struggles of coordinating different sectors to establish a quantum technology ecosystem in Canada. Continue reading

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Why Wildfire Smoke Drives One-Way Swirling

New modeling explains why smoke-filled vortices in the upper atmosphere have all been observed rotating in a single direction. Continue reading

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AI Discovers Geophysical Turbulence Model

Researchers have used an artificial-intelligence tool to reveal long-sought equations that describe small-scale features in 2D turbulent systems. Continue reading

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A Novelist Derives Physics–Crime Duality

Nova Jacobs reflects on how she came to write murder mysteries set in the world of physics. Continue reading

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Patterned Surface Sustains Ultrahigh Vacuum

The 3D-printed fitting could help to miniaturize cold-atom sensors by reducing the need for continuous pumping. Continue reading

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A Very Stable Mirror

A crystalline mirror coating significantly reduces fluctuations in the resonant frequency of an optical cavity. Continue reading

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X-Ray–Optical Technique Detects Subtle Signal

A high-sensitivity measurement reveals the asymmetric shifts of electrons along atomic bonds. Continue reading

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Spectroscopy Technique Reveals Nanoscale Acoustic Waves

Imaging using extreme ultraviolet scattering shows that optical pulses can generate surface excitations with spectra that were previously difficult to achieve. Continue reading

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Measuring the Sun’s Opacity

Experiments with oxygen plasma at extreme densities and temperatures give new transparency to our picture of the Sun’s interior. Continue reading

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