Condensates in Quantum Unity
Report by:
FComm. DL Wey
DCOSR: SFS – SFC
A Bose – Einstein condensate is a remarkable form of matter in which atoms, once trapped, retain one quantum mechanical state that is shared. Research conducted by the office of scientific research has discovered just what that state is.
Such is it that the atoms behave as a collective, or superatom, and though condensates have been created since the late 90’s of the 20th century, only now are we finding the ability to manipulate such condensates as a coherent entity.
Though coherence of such objects lasts only about 100 milliseconds it is a remarkable leap forward in the process of splitting a condensate without loss.
This is accomplished by use of a vertical laser beam, which creates a standing wave [or a series of peaks and troughs] which ‘nudges’ the atoms into a form of lattice within the beam. Shutting off the magnetic fields that were used to ‘contain’ the condensates gravity is measured by observing the rate at which these condensates fall.
Further research will be conducted to determine what scientific applications can be advanced with the use of condensates, and further updates will follow.
Another Look at the
Hubble Deep Field
Report by:
RAdm. RM Wey
COSR: SFS – SFC
In an area of the night sky once thought to be devoid of any stellar or galactic objects, the Hubble deep field has become an astronomer’s dream.
For peering out into an area of the Big Dipper in the northern section of the field, and at a spot in the constellation Tucana, located in the southern, what was witnessed was a look at the universe some 12 billion years into its past. Yet so tiny were the slices observed that to view it all would take many times over all the time man has been on earth.
For in this area of space were found to be thousands of previously unseen galaxies and stellar phenomenon, including a quasar [which is, at present, the most distant object to be observed using visible light], some 10 billion light years away.
The Hubble is valuable in another way, in that it [along with ground based telescopes], enhances our knowledge in the field of galaxy evolution, by matching galaxies to the clouds in which they first arose.
The Hubble deep field is proving to be a cornucopia of never before seen phenomenon, which will require years of study and research to truly understand.