New State of Matter Observed

© Katharine M. J. Osborne

Mar 17, 2006

Physicists working in Austria have observed for the first time, a state of matter previously predicted by Vitaly Efimov in 1970. This state occurs at the astonishingly low temperature of 459.6 degrees Farenheit, which is just slightly warmer than absolute zero. What is more interesting is how the atoms of matter tested behaved. Any two of the cesium atoms tested repelled, but three together were mutually attracted. Normally, if any two repelled, any number would repel.


Physicists working in Austria have observed for the first time, a state of matter previously predicted by Vitaly Efimov in 1970. This state occurs at the astonishingly low temperature of 459.6 degrees Farenheit, which is just slightly warmer than absolute zero. What is more interesting is how the atoms of matter tested behaved. Any two of the cesium atoms tested repelled, but three together were mutually attracted. Normally, if any two repelled, any number would repel.

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