Dr Bill Phillips, 1997 Physics Nobel Laureate, at DCU
21 October 2002

Dr Bill Phillips (courtesy of Robert Rathe)

DCU are delighted to announce that Dr Bill Phillips, 1997 Physics Nobel Laureate, will deliver a lecture in The Hub Wednesday 30 October at 4pm entitled 'Almost absolute zero: the story of laser cooling and trapping'.

Gas atoms cooled to a millionth of a degree, just above absolute zero, exhibit different properties. These properties are used in everything from super-accurate atomic clocks to new quantum devices like atom lasers.

The lecture should appeal to a general audience of non-scientists and a specific scientific audience discussing some of the newest and most exciting developments in physics.