What did Eric Allin Cornell win the Nobel Prize for?
Eric Allin Cornell won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001 for synthesizing the first Bose-Einstein condensate in 1995. He shared the prize with Carl E. Wieman and Wolfgang Ketterle.
Questions about Eric Allin Cornell
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Who did Eric Cornell work with to create the first Bose-Einstein condensate?
Cornell created the first Bose-Einstein condensate in 1995 alongside Carl E. Wieman at the University of Colorado Boulder and JILA. Their collaboration began when Cornell joined Wieman's lab as a postdoctoral researcher in 1990.
Where does Eric Allin Cornell work?
Cornell is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and a NIST fellow at the United States Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology. His lab is located at JILA in Boulder, Colorado.
What happened to Eric Cornell in 2004?
In October 2004, Cornell's left arm and shoulder were amputated to stop the spread of necrotizing fasciitis. He was discharged from the hospital in mid-December 2004 and returned to work part-time in April 2005.
What is a Bose-Einstein condensate and why did Cornell's experiment matter?
A Bose-Einstein condensate is a state of matter in which bosons cooled to near absolute zero collapse into the lowest quantum energy state and behave as a single quantum object. Cornell and Wieman produced the first one in 1995, confirming a prediction made by Bose and Einstein in the 1920s.
What awards did Eric Allin Cornell receive before the Nobel Prize?
Before the Nobel Prize in 2001, Cornell received awards including the Fritz London Prize in Low Temperature Physics (1996), the Lorentz Medal from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1998), and the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics (1999), among others.