ІТ Фіди.: A Bizarre Soviet-Era Theory About Nesting Matter Is Actually Right

среда, 28 мая 2014 г.

A Bizarre Soviet-Era Theory About Nesting Matter Is Actually Right

Here's your dose of mind-bending physics for the day. In 1970, a young Soviet physicist named Vitaly Efimov proposed a trio of ultracold particles could arrange themselves in an "infinite nesting-doll configuration." Scientists have now published compelling evidence that this state of matter, once dismissed by physicists, totally does exist.