Helium nano-droplets doped with dimers of nitric oxide (IMAGE)

University of British Columbia

Helium nano-droplets doped with dimers of nitric oxide

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Physicists at the University of British Columbia sent a laser beam of an optical centrifuge into helium nano-droplets doped with dimers of nitric oxide in order to control and study their rotation inside superfluid helium. (Valery Milner, University of British Columbia).

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Valery Milner, University of British Columbia

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