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simonebrunozziyesterday at 3:39 PM3 repliesview on HN

The article, rather shallow, is about Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC).

I found it a bit more interesting that the author's middle name is Galileo, and that he is participating in a "blogging" residency [0]:

Inkhaven residency: A 30 day residency for you to grow as a writer. For one month, you'll publish a blogpost every day. Or pack your bags.

[0]: https://www.inkhaven.blog/


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Signore_Galileiyesterday at 3:47 PM

Hey! That's me, yep. It's a combination of a BEC and a Rydberg atom called "Rydberg polaron". This isn't the scientifically deepest article I've written, but if you want to read a more detailed description, feel free to check out the sources at the bottom.

Since the end of the 30 day residency in November, I and a few other participants have been posting weekly, so I've got a decent back catalogue and there will be more to come!

Razenganyesterday at 7:52 PM

I wish there were some similar "communes" for gamedevs who only make engines :')

scytheyesterday at 7:02 PM

Not only Bose-Einstein condensate, which is a textbook topic in condensed-matter physics, but also Rydberg atoms, which are a very weird phenomenon that has been mostly studied recently as a sort of edge-case where quantum physics starts to look like classical physics.