Dartmouth experiment creates/detects photons (VIDEO)

Dartmouth College

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“In the proposed experiment, illustrated here, a postage stamp-sized synthetic diamond membrane containing nitrogen-based light detectors is suspended in a super-cooled metal box that creates a vacuum. The membrane, which acts like a tethered trampoline, is accelerated at massive rates, producing photons. (Animation by LaDarius Dennison/Dartmouth College.)

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LaDarius Dennison/Dartmouth College

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