Austin / Washington / DC / Cleveland / Frederick / Amsterdam / /
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the New York Times / 3M / Los Angeles Times / World Scientific / the Washington Post / IOS Press / /
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Singapore / /
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the Fritz London Prize / the King Faisal International Prize / /
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Person Travel / /
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University of Connecticut / University of Colorado Physics Dept. / Oxford University / J. L. Hall / University of Colorado Physics Department / Rice University / University of Colorado / /
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dilute-gas / gas-phase system / energy / metal / dilute gas / background thermal gas / rubidium gas / less energy / quantum energy / /
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Fermi / /
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University of Colorado Physics Department and a Fellow of JILA / Department of Commerce Gold Medal / Cornell / MIT / University of Connecticut / University of Colorado Physics Dept. / University of Colorado / Rice University / Royal Netherlands Academy / American Physical Society / International School of Physics / National Bureau of Standards / University of Colorado Physics Department / Oxford University / NIST’s Quantum Physics Division / /
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C. I. Westbrook / P. L. Gould / Charles W. Clark / M. Edwards / David Wineland / J. V. Prodan / Jason Ensher / L. Deng / R. J. Dodd / M. Kozuma / P. A. Ruprecht / T. H. Bergeman / Keith Burnett / K. Burnett / H. J. Metcalf / R. N. Watts / P. D. Lett / S. L. Rolston / Adjoint / Mike Matthews / Eric Cornell / James Faller / Albert Einstein / A. L. Migdall / K. Helmerson / Bill Phillips / W. D. Phillips / Mike Anderson / J. Wen / Carl Wieman / Samuel Wesley Stratton / /
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King / Vice President of Engineering there / Professor / staff scientist / staff physicist / D. J. / currently Vice President of Engineering there / /
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Texas / New Jersey / Connecticut / Colorado / /
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the New York Times / the Los Angeles Times / the Washington Post / /
Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Dilute Atomic Vapor An unavoidable consequence of quantum mechanics is that, for sufficiently short length scales, all objects appear to be “wavy.” We do not notice this effect in our