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Early universe simulated in a cloud of ultracold atoms

27 Apr 2018
BEC inflation
Cosmic doughnut: an expanding cloud of atoms bears a passing resemblance to the early universe. (Courtesy: E Edwards/JQI)
The early universe has been mimicked in the lab using a ring-shaped Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) o

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