So when the pulse of light is at the same frequency (wavelength) as the atomic resonance of the super cooled matter (the frequency of the atoms natural shimmy, which in a super cooled state act as a single, massive atom), the time (when measured as the amount of quantum state change as a result of the photon passing through the atomic medium) in which it traverses the atom is less than what it should be, indicating that the photon was not slowed in any way through it’s interaction with the atom(s).
…is that right? did I do an understanding?
This seems really neat. So like when you shine light through things like water or glass or air the energy of the photons actually kinda get absorbed by the molecules and transmitted by them resulting in a slowing down a tiny bit, usually. It seems like they may have found some combinations of photon wavelengths and atomic resonance frequency that results in speeding up a tiny bit instead of slowing down
On a related note three brown one blue has a neat video explaining what phase shifting is and kind of why it happens https://youtu.be/KTzGBJPuJwM
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03680
The actual content. No paywall.
I’m too high for this
I think I’m too sober for it.
Well, stop that.
I know I am, and the bar closes in 7 minutes. Time to order several shots and try to understand it again.
Quantum physics makes my mind do loop-de-loops.
People that study quantum physics for a living feel the same
So If the atomic resonance is right it might be likened to the bow wave of a ship being seen before the ship appears?
So basically the first real recorded backwards time travel
No. The pulse still took longer than light through vacuum. That’s the limit that needs to be broken for any causality violations to happen and that’s the limit that can’t be broken.