| Physics rule of
thumb gets thumbs down
As it is taught in
textbooks and classrooms, a rule-of-thumb of quantum mechanics called
the correspondence principle fails in the realm of ultracold atoms.
References:
Gao, B. 1999.
Breakdown of Bohr’s correspondence principle. Physical Review
Letters 83(Nov. 22):4225.
Further Readings:
Thomsen, D.E.
1986. Going Bohr’s way in physics. Science News 129(Jan.
11):26.
Weiss, P. 1999.
When the other half gets really cold. Science News 156(Sept.
11):166.
Sources:
Bo Gao
University of Toledo
Department of Physics and Astronomy
MH 5010
Toledo, OH 43606
Chris Greene
University of Colorado
Department of Physics
Boulder, CO 80309-0440
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 22, November 27, 1999, p. 342. Copyright ©
1999, Science Service. |