Science / Technology - Colloquium
Monday, February 13, 2006
4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Olin Hall
107
The atoms of superfluid helium are in a macroscopic state of coherent quantum de Broglie waves. Vapor atoms evaporating from, or condensing into, the superfluid do so while preserving the macroscopic phase structure of the coherent quantum waves. This remarkable process in superfluids is the matter equivalent of the laser.. The physics of this process and progress on an experiment to demonstrate this equivalence by the stimulated amplification of acoustic waves in superfluid films will be described.
Cost: FREE
Sponsored by: WPI Physics Department, Dr. Rafael Garcia
Suggested Audiences: College
E-mail:
garcia@wpi.edu
Phone: 508-831-5342
Last Modified: February 6, 2006 at 10:17 AM
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