In which year was the Nobel prize awarded jointly to Eric A Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle and Carl E Wieman 'for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms'?
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Correct answer: A
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The correct answer is option 1 i.e. 2001.
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to Eric A. Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle, and Carl E. Wieman in 2001. They were recognized “for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms”, a groundbreaking work in quantum physics. This achievement demonstrated that at temperatures close to absolute zero, a group of atoms could occupy the same quantum state, forming a new state of matter known as Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), opening new frontiers in atomic and condensed matter physics.