In which year did Eric A. Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle and Carl E. Wieman receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for the achieving 'Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms'?
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Correct answer: B
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The correct answer is option 2 i.e. 2001.
Eric A. Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle, and Carl E. Wieman received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001. They were awarded the prize for their pioneering work in achieving Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms. This groundbreaking research demonstrated a new state of matter, where atoms are cooled to temperatures near absolute zero, allowing them to occupy the same quantum state and exhibit collective quantum phenomena. Their work has significantly advanced the field of quantum physics.