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A Quantum Prediction From 1931 Has Finally Come to Life

Physicists have observed "Bethe strings" in an ultracold gas nearly a century after Hans Bethe predicted them, providing a controlled setting for further study. In 1931, physicist Hans Bethe predicted that particles in certain quantum systems could bind together into groups called Bethe strings.

A Quantum Prediction From 1931 Has Finally Come to Life

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Physicists have observed "Bethe strings" in an ultracold gas nearly a century after Hans Bethe predicted them, providing a controlled setting for further study.

In 1931, physicist Hans Bethe predicted that particles in certain quantum systems could bind together into groups called Bethe strings.

These groups could exist only in one dimension, where particles move [...]

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Physicists have observed "Bethe strings" in an ultracold gas nearly a century after Hans Bethe predicted them, providing a controlled setting for further study. In 1931, physicist Hans Bethe predicted that particles in certain quantum systems could bind together into groups called Bethe strings. These groups could exist only in one dimension, where particles move [...]

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