1937Pyotr Kapitsa, John Allen, and Don Misener produce superfluid helium-4

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🧊 Pyotr Kapitsa, John Allen, and Don Misener produce superfluid helium-4

Pyotr Kapitsa, John Allen and Don Misener produce supercooled helium-4, the first zero-viscosity superfluid, a substance that displays quantum mechanical properties on a macroscopic scale.
Pyotr Kapitsa, John Allen, and Don Misener produce superfluid helium-4 (1937)
PhysicsSuperfluidityCryogenicsPyotr KapitsaQuantum MechanicsCondensed Matter PhysicsLow-Temperature Physics1930s
United KingdomUnited KingdomCanadaCanada

⚛️ Isidor Rabi: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Isidor Rabi: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1938)
Nuclear PhysicsSpectroscopyIsidor RabiMagnetic ResonanceQuantum MechanicsMolecular Physics1930sPhysics
United StatesUnited States

🧊 Pyotr Kapitsa: Superfluidity Discovered

Pyotr Kapitsa: Superfluidity Discovered (1938)
Low-Temperature PhysicsSuperfluidityQuantum MechanicsPyotr KapitsaCondensed Matter PhysicsCryogenics1930s
Soviet UnionSoviet Union

⚛️ Discovery of Helium-3 Superfluidity

Discovery of Helium-3 Superfluidity (1971)
PhysicsSuperfluidityHelium-3Low Temperature PhysicsQuantum Mechanics1970s
United StatesUnited StatesFinlandFinland

⚛️ Discovery of the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect

Fractional Quantum Hall EffectSolid-State PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsQuantum Mechanics1980sPhysicsDaniel TsuiHorst StörmerDiscovery
United StatesUnited States

🧊 First Bose–Einstein Condensate Produced

Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman produce the first Bose–Einstein condensate, a substance that displays quantum mechanical properties on the macroscopic scale.
First Bose–Einstein Condensate Produced (1995)
PhysicsQuantum MechanicsBose–Einstein CondensateAtomic PhysicsEric CornellCarl WiemanFifth state of matter
USAUSA