[HN Gopher] Physicists develop a novel quantum theory of light-i...
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Physicists develop a novel quantum theory of light-induced matter
Author : wglb
Score : 22 points
Date : 2023-06-27 00:24 UTC (22 hours ago)
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| mavu wrote:
| Wait, I know this.
|
| It was one of the plot lines of Destiny or Destiny 2!
| swader999 wrote:
| Fiat Lux!
| mjhay wrote:
| But enough about shitty university mottos,
| vittore wrote:
| Is it at all possible to use these photonic molecules as
| alternative explanation to universe mass instead of dark matter /
| dark energy?
| KingLancelot wrote:
| [dead]
| comboy wrote:
| The article really doesn't explain what is new here (compared to
| say [1]). Stating that there are 3 phases of matter certainly
| doesn't help [2]
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| 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photonic_molecule 2.
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_matter
| TeMPOraL wrote:
| All cool applications, but if I read it correctly, it's not _hard
| light_? We ain 't getting the real Holodeck any time soon?
| jfengel wrote:
| It's not even the tiniest bit "hard light". The actual journal
| article is titled "Multidimensional Coherent Spectroscopy of
| Molecular Polaritons: Langevin Approach".
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| The article is about light induced _phases_ of matter: new
| behaviors for existing matter. Not matter being generated from
| light, which is what the headline implies.
|
| The title of the article is bad and they should feel bad.
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