The electron is cool

Peter E. Toschek ()
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Peter E. Toschek: Institut für Laser-Physik, Universität Hamburg

Nature, 2003, vol. 422, issue 6934, 822-823

Abstract: Temperature is an awkward concept for a single particle, but the energy of the particle's 'quivering' is a useful substitute. Feedback control of this motion can be used to cool a single electron to very low temperature.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1038/422822a

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