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GooseMuckle t1_j8qn81o wrote

Yes! This effect is used for laser cooling. The momentum from a photon can be imparted to an atom; if done in the right way a cloud of atoms can be cooled to a few billionths of a degree above absolute zero. One cool application of this technology is optical clocks, which form the most precise clocks in existence.

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