Blog Post Image: JILA researchers discover atomic clock can simulate quantum magnetism

Artist’s conception of interactions among atoms in JILA’s strontium atomic clock during a quantum simulation experiment. The atoms appear to all interact (indicated by the connections), leading to correlations among the atoms’ spins (indicated by arrows), according to patterns JILA scientists found in collective spin measurements. The interacting atoms might be harnessed to simulate other quantum systems such as magnetic materials. Image credit: Ye group and Brad Baxley, JILA