Bose-Einstein condensate

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Eric A. Cornell

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  • University of Colorado, NIST
  • First to synthesize Bose-Einstein condensate in 1995

Wolfgang Ketterle

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  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Shared the Nobel prize for the realization of Bose-Einstein condensates

Randall Hulet

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  • Rice University
  • The first realization of BEC in lithium in 1995. His work focuses on the role played by the interactions between atoms in the condensate, since for lithium, these interactions have a profound effect.
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