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February 13, 2018 OT: Photo of a single atom by David Nadlinger wins top prize | ||||
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David (aka klickverbot) is a longtime D contributor. https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/news/single-trapped-atom-captures-science-photography-competitions-top-prize/ Ali |
February 13, 2018 Re: OT: Photo of a single atom by David Nadlinger wins top prize | ||||
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Posted in reply to Ali Çehreli Attachments:
| On 13 February 2018 at 15:09, Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d < digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> David (aka klickverbot) is a longtime D contributor.
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> https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/news/single-trapped-atom- captures-science-photography-competitions-top-prize/
I was just about to post that here :P
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February 14, 2018 Re: OT: Photo of a single atom by David Nadlinger wins top prize | ||||
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Posted in reply to Ali Çehreli | On Tuesday, 13 February 2018 at 23:09:07 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> David (aka klickverbot) is a longtime D contributor […]
… who is slightly surprised at the amount of media interest this has attracted. ;)
— David
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February 13, 2018 Re: OT: Photo of a single atom by David Nadlinger wins top prize | ||||
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Posted in reply to David Nadlinger | On 2/13/2018 5:11 PM, David Nadlinger wrote:
> On Tuesday, 13 February 2018 at 23:09:07 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>> David (aka klickverbot) is a longtime D contributor […]
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> … who is slightly surprised at the amount of media interest this has attracted. ;)
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> — David
You shouldn't be surprised. I'm amazed that such a photo is even possible!
You have done the impossible. Mad props to you!
-Walter
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February 13, 2018 Re: OT: Photo of a single atom by David Nadlinger wins top prize | ||||
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Posted in reply to David Nadlinger | On 02/13/2018 05:11 PM, David Nadlinger wrote:
> On Tuesday, 13 February 2018 at 23:09:07 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>> David (aka klickverbot) is a longtime D contributor […]
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> … who is slightly surprised at the amount of media interest this has attracted. ;)
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> — David
Yeah... Especially when it's all about a missing pixel. :p
Ali
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February 14, 2018 Re: OT: Photo of a single atom by David Nadlinger wins top prize | ||||
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Posted in reply to David Nadlinger | On 14/02/2018 1:11 AM, David Nadlinger wrote:
> On Tuesday, 13 February 2018 at 23:09:07 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>> David (aka klickverbot) is a longtime D contributor […]
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> … who is slightly surprised at the amount of media interest this has attracted. ;)
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> — David
Congrats and well done!
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February 14, 2018 Re: OT: Photo of a single atom by David Nadlinger wins top prize | ||||
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Posted in reply to David Nadlinger | On 02/13/2018 08:11 PM, David Nadlinger wrote:
> On Tuesday, 13 February 2018 at 23:09:07 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>> David (aka klickverbot) is a longtime D contributor […]
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> … who is slightly surprised at the amount of media interest this has attracted. ;)
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> — David
Heh, dude, you photographed an atom! "Shoulders of giants" or not, that is *seriously* cool. How many people can say they did that? :)
Not only that, it's a damn cool-looking image overall, too!
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February 14, 2018 Re: OT: Photo of a single atom by David Nadlinger wins top prize | ||||
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Posted in reply to Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) | On 02/14/2018 03:44 AM, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote:
> On 02/13/2018 08:11 PM, David Nadlinger wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 13 February 2018 at 23:09:07 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>>> David (aka klickverbot) is a longtime D contributor […]
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>> … who is slightly surprised at the amount of media interest this has attracted. ;)
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>> — David
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> Heh, dude, you photographed an atom! "Shoulders of giants" or not, that is *seriously* cool. How many people can say they did that? :)
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> Not only that, it's a damn cool-looking image overall, too!
I'd be fascinated to read more about how this was done, and the "back-of-the-envelope calculation showed the numbers to be on my side".
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February 14, 2018 Re: OT: Photo of a single atom by David Nadlinger wins top prize | ||||
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Posted in reply to David Nadlinger | On Wednesday, 14 February 2018 at 01:11:33 UTC, David Nadlinger wrote:
> On Tuesday, 13 February 2018 at 23:09:07 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>> David (aka klickverbot) is a longtime D contributor […]
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> … who is slightly surprised at the amount of media interest this has attracted. ;)
David, this is so cool. Congratulations!
But I've been wondering something: Obviously atoms are not this large, so what are we seeing in that photograph? atom motion-blur?
Mike
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February 14, 2018 Re: OT: Photo of a single atom by David Nadlinger wins top prize | ||||
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Posted in reply to Mike Franklin | On Wednesday, 14 February 2018 at 09:09:32 UTC, Mike Franklin wrote:
> On Wednesday, 14 February 2018 at 01:11:33 UTC, David Nadlinger wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 13 February 2018 at 23:09:07 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>>> David (aka klickverbot) is a longtime D contributor […]
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>> … who is slightly surprised at the amount of media interest this has attracted. ;)
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> David, this is so cool. Congratulations!
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> But I've been wondering something: Obviously atoms are not this large, so what are we seeing in that photograph? atom motion-blur?
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> Mike
A very excited (with lasers) atom giving of a lot (comparatively) of light.
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