A video about laser cooling for the layman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAEAZaXhD_Y
Harry On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 9:16 AM H LV <[email protected]> wrote: > Laser cooling is the cooling of atoms via spontaneous emission. > In the video they say the laser radiation provides a damping force at a > particular frequency. > This is very close to how Count Rumford envisaged frigorific > radiation working. > > Is it such a leap to imagine this kind of cooling is experienced by > macroscopic bodies without the need for lasers, i.e. > with common radiation consisting of a broad spectrum of frequencies? > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlBlK9O3M-4 > > Harry >

