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Collective behaviour emerges particle by particle

11 Jan 2021 Isabelle Dumé
many-body system
Six pairs of atoms in the focus of a laser beam. (Courtesy: Jonas Ahlstedt/Lund University Bioimaging Centre (LBIC))
An ensemble of just six atoms displays all the signatures of a phase transition expected for a many-

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