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Ultracold matter

Ultracold matter

Of gluons, atoms and strings

01 Sep 2009

An unusual alliance between physicists who study ultrahot plasmas and ultracold atoms is yielding intriguing results – and may even lead to an experimental test for string theory, as Barbara Jacak reveals

Of gluons, atoms and strings
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