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Extremely compressible photon gas confirms peculiar prediction of quantum theory

02 Apr 2022
Photon BEC
Heart of the experiment: the optical cavity used to create the photon gas. (Courtesy: Volker Lannert/University of Bonn)
A gas of photons with nearly infinite compressibility has been created by Julian Schmitt and colleag

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