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This episode discusses the significance of attosecond physics and its recognition with the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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People in this episode
Host: Matt O'Dowd
Topics covered
- attosecond physics
- Nobel Prize
- time scales
- physics
- microscope in time
- quantum mechanics
Keywords
- attosecond
- Nobel Prize
- physics
- quantum
- time
- microscope
- atoms
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