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Atomic Engineering of Highly Excited Atoms

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Recent astronomical observations in the direction of the object Cassiopeia A have detected interstellar radio emissions at the lowest frequencies observed to date, in the band 7–16 MHz [1]. These probably originate from atoms of enormous size, about a million times larger than a normal hydrogen atom and larger than the size of a bacterium, which would be the largest atoms yet encountered in any environment. The idea of gigantic atoms is fascinating in itself. However, its scientific appeal is not due just to its Guinness Book of Records aspect. In fact work in progress in laboratories is not competing with this record, but is rather aimed at the deliberate manipulation of atoms. This concept has long been sought but it has only become possible using highly excited (large) atoms. Although the production and detection of such large atoms involve some of the most advanced techniques of laser and atomic physics, their study represents in some sense a dramatic return to the earliest modern ideas of atomic structure: the model of Niels Bohr, the centenary of whose birth has just been celebrated [2].

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Nayfeh, M.H. (1987). Atomic Engineering of Highly Excited Atoms. In: Yen, W.M., Levenson, M.D. (eds) Lasers, Spectroscopy and New Ideas. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 54. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47872-0_9

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