APS/Alan Stonebraker

Can a penalty kick simultaneously score a goal and miss? For very small objects, at least, this is possible: according to the predictions of quantum mechanics, microscopic objects can take different paths at the same time. The world of macroscopic objects follows other rules: the football always moves in a definite direction. But is this always correct? Physicists of the University of Bonn have constructed an experiment designed to possibly falsify this thesis (view the scientific publication). Their first experiment shows that Caesium atoms can indeed take two paths at the same time. Read more...

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We are glad to announce the 553. WE-Heraues workshop on "Discrete and Analogue Quantum Simulators", which will be held in the conference center Physikzentrum Bad Honnef on 10-12 of February 2014.  

For more information please visit the workshop website. We invite students, postdocs and interested scientists to submit an application. The deadline for registration is December 15th, 2013. The number of particants is limited to about 65. We encourage PhD students, postdocs and young researchers working in the field to apply.

Frontiers in Quantum Optics: Taming the World of Atoms and Photons – 100 Years after Niels Bohr

A special event will take place in Bonn to gather the Humboldt Award Winners in the field of atomic, molecular and optical physics. The scientific program exhibits a list of renowned speakers, which includes the Nobel Laureates Prof. Wolfgang Ketterle and Prof. Serge Haroche. Participation is by invitation only.