The Pauli exclusion principle is a law of quantum mechanics introduced by Austrian physicist Wolfgang Pauli, which offers valuable insight about the structure of matter. More specifically, the Pauli ...
Blue blocker: blue laser light is used at JILA to measure how quantum statistics can affect light scattering in an ultracold gas of strontium atoms. (Courtesy: Christian Sanner, Ye labs/JILA) A ...
Without the Pauli exclusion principle, matter as we know it would not exist. But at low, low temperatures, even this quantum law gives way DESPITE its name, this principle is pretty inclusive: ...