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Five-body recombination could cause significant loss from atom traps

15 May 2025
Illustration of five atoms
Five is a crowd Physicists have shown how interactions between five atoms can create a tetramer and a single free atom. (Courtesy: Shutterstock)
Five-body recombination, in which five identical atoms form a tetramer molecule and a single free at

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Tim Wogan is a science writer based in the US
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