A tiny mirror – Physicists reflect light with only 2000 atoms

A tiny mirror – Physicists reflect light with only 2000 atoms

A tiny mirror – Physicists reflect light with only 2000 atoms To manipulate light propagation, the simplest object one can thing of is a mirror. But usually a mirror is a macroscopic object composed of a very large number of atoms. In the September 23th issue of...
After the proton, now the deuteron

After the proton, now the deuteron

After the proton, now the deuteron Hydrogen atom is the favorite tool to compare theory and experiments, as it is the simplest atom. Nowadays this test is limited more by the knowledge of the proton charge distribution radius (rp) than by QED calculations or accuracy...