{"id":3739,"date":"2021-03-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.hmc.edu\/physics\/2021\/03\/02\/bec-and-the-2001-nobel-prize\/"},"modified":"2021-03-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T00:00:00","slug":"bec-and-the-2001-nobel-prize","status":"publish","type":"physics_colloquium","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/research\/colloquium\/bec-and-the-2001-nobel-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"BEC and the 2001 Nobel prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"page-featured-image\" class=\"wp-block-image is-style-alignleft\" data-pic=\"pic-659.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/01\/pic-659.jpg\" alt=\"Promotional image for talk: Elements of a successful scientific talk\" data-pic=\"pic-659.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Speaker(s):<\/strong> Ken Davis<\/p>\n<p>In 2001 Wolfgang Ketterle won the Nobel prize in physics.&nbsp; The award was given for the observation of Bose Einstein condensation in a gas of sodium atoms.&nbsp; This experimental result was pursued with intensity for decades by experimental groups around the country and around the world.&nbsp; Learn what was novel about Ketterle&rsquo;s approach and why it worked. Also learn about the 2001 prize ceremony which was the centennial celebration of the Nobel prize.&nbsp; Finally hear from Ken Davis (Ketterle&rsquo;s first graduate student) why, in the midst of all this excitement, he chose to leave physics and pursue a career in business.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3739","physics_colloquium","type-physics_colloquium","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/physics_colloquium\/3739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/physics_colloquium"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/physics_colloquium"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}