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A quantum revolution

Tiny quantum tornadoes observed in ultracold gases of fermionic atoms provide definitive evidence of superfluidity, and open up new vistas in the modelling of quantum many-body systems.

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Figure 1: Cool rotations.

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Grimm, R. A quantum revolution. Nature 435, 1035–1036 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/4351035a

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