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LOCATION:2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
SUMMARY:Set My Vortices Free: Observing the Kosterlitz-Thouless Crosso
 ver in an Optical Lattice\, Physics Department Colloquium\, Nobel Priz
 e Winner Eric Cornell\, University of Colorado-JILA
DESCRIPTION:Thermodynamic equilibrium\, much like the speaker's own pe
 rsonality\, is properly understood as an epic struggle between the for
 ces of Laziness and the forces of Disorganization.  This afternoon\, t
 he battle will be joined on a two-dimensional array of linked miniatur
 e Bose-Einstein condensates. Will it be Minimal Energy or Maximal Entr
 opy that carries the day? The answer may hinge on the relative strengt
 h of their respective allies\, Tunneling and Temperature. 
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=1082
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