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When ultracold is not cold enough

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A technique for cooling ultracold atoms in optical lattices has been demonstrated. This advance should allow the physics of strongly correlated systems, including that of quantum magnetism, to be explored. See Letter p.500

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  1. Gretchen K. Campbell is at the Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the University of Maryland, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8424, USA.,

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Campbell, G. When ultracold is not cold enough. Nature 480, 463–465 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/480463a

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