The image of an atom produced by a quantum gas microscope (IMAGE)

University of Bonn

The image of an atom produced by a quantum gas microscope

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is normally a round, slightly blurred speck. The researchers have distorted it into a dumbbell shape (the image shows the theoretical prediction). The direction in which the dumbbell is pointing shows the z coordinate. 

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Image: IAP/University of Bonn

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