Subject: Scientists Capture The Sound Of A Single Atom, And Apparently It's A 'D-Note'

Friday, September 12, 2014

Subject: Scientists Capture The Sound Of A Single Atom, And Apparently It's A 'D-Note'

"On the right, an artificial atom generates sound waves consisting of ripples on the surface of a solid. The sound, known as a surface acoustic wave (SAW) is picked up on the left by a "microphone" composed of interlaced metal fingers. According to theory

Scientists Capture The Sound Of A Single Atom, And Apparently It's A 'D-Note'

Huffington Post

That's according to scientists at Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden, who have revealed in a new study that they've captured the sound of a single atom.