Re: [Phys-L] IBM movie

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Bad bc he forgot about STMs.

bc


On 2013, May 01, , at 12:53, Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com> wrote:

> On 2013, May 01, , at 11:58, Bill Nettles <bnettles@uu.edu> wrote:
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> > IBM produced this neat clip to promote interest in science, math, etc among students and the general public.  They admit it's not a scientific breakthrough.  They've been doing this manipulation for a while now.
> >
> > The thing that fascinated me was the patterns around the atoms and collections of atoms.  Are those interference patterns of the E-fields?  They also have a wavy appearance.  Look at the patterns around the rectangular platform that the "boy" ends up standing on.  Looks like equipotentials to me.
> >
> > Or are these artifacts of the TAFM processing?
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> > B Nettles
> > x6588
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> After reading these, I think it's CGI.
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> http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.2087
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> http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-04/scientists-trap-single-atoms-lasers-optical-tweezers-and-lots-atomic-collisions
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> bc
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