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[Intro]
Condensate (state)
[Verse 1]
Am I stupid
… it’s not gas, solid, or liquid?
What the atoms did
As one in unison
[Bridge]
Just for fun
(Dance as one)
The thrill
(Of chill)
[Chorus]
Condensate (state)
Cold (cold) cold
Radically different
(Can’t be indifferent)
[Bridge]
Just for fun
(Dance as one)
[Verse 2]
Absolute zero
(Absolutely)
A scientist’s hero
(Astutely)
[Bridge]
Just for fun
(Dance as one)
The thrill
(Of chill)
[Chorus]
Condensate (state)
Cold (cold) cold
Radically different
(Can’t be indifferent)
[Outro]
Just for fun
(Dance as one)
The thrill
(Of chill)
A SCIENCE NOTE
A condensate is a state of matter that appears under extremely low temperatures and/or specific quantum conditions. There are several types, but most fall under quantum states—radically different from solids, liquids, or gases.
Main Types of Condensates and Their States:
1. Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC)
State: Quantum, ultra-cold superfluid
Temperature: Just above absolute zero
Behavior: Atoms “collapse” into the same lowest energy state and behave like a single quantum entity—like a wave more than a particle.
Properties: Zero viscosity, can flow up walls, exhibits quantum weirdness at macroscopic scales.
Discovered: 1995 (Cornell & Wieman, Nobel Prize)
2. Fermionic Condensate
State: Also a superfluid, but formed from fermions (like electrons, protons, neutrons).
Requires pairing of fermions (like Cooper pairs in superconductors).
Observed in ultra-cold lithium atoms.
3. Exciton-Polariton Condensate / Photon Condensate
Light-like particles (photons or quasi-particles) condense into a single coherent quantum state.
Extremely exotic, used in cutting-edge quantum optics.
So What Is the State?
Condensates:
Are not solids, liquids, or gases in the classical sense.
Often called superfluids or quantum fluids.
Represent a fifth state of matter (beyond solid, liquid, gas, plasma).
Simple Analogy:
Imagine millions of atoms at normal temperatures acting like a wild crowd at a concert (each doing its own thing). In a condensate, it’s like everyone stops moving and dances in perfect unison—as if they become one single “super-atom.”
From the album “States of Matter“
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Condensate-intro.mp3
[Intro]
Condensate (state)
[Verse 1]
Am I stupid
… it’s not gas, solid, or liquid?
What the atoms did
As one in unison
[Bridge]
Just for fun
(Dance as one)
The thrill
(Of chill)
[Chorus]
Condensate (state)
Cold (cold) cold
Radically different
(Can’t be indifferent)
[Bridge]
Just for fun
(Dance as one)
[Verse 2]
Absolute zero
(Absolutely)
A scientist’s hero
(Astutely)
[Bridge]
Just for fun
(Dance as one)
The thrill
(Of chill)
[Chorus]
Condensate (state)
Cold (cold) cold
Radically different
(Can’t be indifferent)
[Outro]
Just for fun
(Dance as one)
The thrill
(Of chill)
A SCIENCE NOTE
A condensate is a state of matter that appears under extremely low temperatures and/or specific quantum conditions. There are several types, but most fall under quantum states—radically different from solids, liquids, or gases.
Main Types of Condensates and Their States:
1. Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC)
State: Quantum, ultra-cold superfluid
Temperature: Just above absolute zero
Behavior: Atoms “collapse” into the same lowest energy state and behave like a single quantum entity—like a wave more than a particle.
Properties: Zero viscosity, can flow up walls, exhibits quantum weirdness at macroscopic scales.
Discovered: 1995 (Cornell & Wieman, Nobel Prize)
2. Fermionic Condensate
State: Also a superfluid, but formed from fermions (like electrons, protons, neutrons).
Requires pairing of fermions (like Cooper pairs in superconductors).
Observed in ultra-cold lithium atoms.
3. Exciton-Polariton Condensate / Photon Condensate
Light-like particles (photons or quasi-particles) condense into a single coherent quantum state.
Extremely exotic, used in cutting-edge quantum optics.
So What Is the State?
Condensates:
Are not solids, liquids, or gases in the classical sense.
Often called superfluids or quantum fluids.
Represent a fifth state of matter (beyond solid, liquid, gas, plasma).
Simple Analogy:
Imagine millions of atoms at normal temperatures acting like a wild crowd at a concert (each doing its own thing). In a condensate, it’s like everyone stops moving and dances in perfect unison—as if they become one single “super-atom.”
From the album “States of Matter“