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Probing the quantum vacuum with an artificial atom in front of a mirror
Full text linkQuantum fluctuations of the vacuum are both a surprising and fundamental
phenomenon of nature. Understood as virtual photons flitting in and out of
existence, they still have a very real impact, \emph{e.g.}, in the Casimir
effects and the lifetimes of atoms. Engineering vacuum fluctuations is
therefore becoming increasingly important to emerging technologies. Here, we
shape vacuum fluctuations using a "mirror", creating regions in space where
they are suppressed. As we then effectively move an artificial atom in and out
of these regions, measuring the atomic lifetime tells us the strength of the
fluctuations. The weakest fluctuation strength we observe is 0.02 quanta, a
factor of 50 below what would be expected without the mirror, demonstrating
that we can hide the atom from the vacuum
Effects of Norepinephrine and Cardiotrophin-1 on Phospholipase D Activity and Incorporation of Myristic Acid Into Phosphatidylcholine in Rat Heart
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No full textVitamin D and Vitamin A Receptor Expression and the Proliferative Effects of Ligand Activation of These Receptors on the Development of Pancreatic Progenitor Cells Derived from Human Fetal Pancreas
No full textMultiple virtual tunneling of dirac fermions in granular graphene
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