Quantum Gases2026-06-102 minarXiv:2606.12409expressAtoms Twist into an Invisible BraidA cloud of rubidium atoms falls into a trap made of light. Lasers and magnetic fields arrange it like a crystal lattice, but the cells here are not fractions of a millimeter: they are fractions of a micrometer.Joyce Kwan·Perrin Segura·Yanfei Li·Tizian Blatz·Annie Zhi·Brice Bakkali-Hassani·Annabelle Bohrdt·Martin Greiter·Fabian Grusdt·Markus GreinerJohn Archibald WheelerRichard Feynmanquasiparticlequantum-like models👍👎☆SimplePopularAdvanced