millikelvin

See also: Millikelvin, milliKelvin, and milli-kelvin

English

Etymology

milli- +‎ kelvin

Noun

millikelvin ‎(plural millikelvins)

1. One thousandth of a kelvin
   • 1997 June 20, Richard Stone, “Space Research Centers Search for New Frontier”, in Science^[1], volume 276, number 5320, DOI:10.1126/science.276.5320.1781:

     ILT's device cools samples to several millikelvins, cold enough to freeze helium.

   • 1998 July 24, Takeshi Inoshita, “CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS: Kondo Effect in Quantum Dots”, in Science^[2], volume 281, number 5376, DOI:10.1126/science.281.5376.526, pages 526-527:

     This zero-bias maximum disappears as temperature is raised above several hundred millikelvin, in agreement with theory ( 8 ): Because V sd is equal to the separation between the Fermi levels of the two leads, finite V sd splits the Kondo resonance into two peaks.

Synonyms

• mK

Adjective

millikelvin ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the temperature range at which temperatures are expressed in millikelvins
   • 1998 January 30, John Schiffer, “PHYSICS: Sparse Crystals”, in Science^[3], volume 279, number 5351, DOI:10.1126/science.279.5351.675, pages 675-676:

     The temperatures required for producing a crystalline solid out of such a "one-component plasma" (3) are in the millikelvin range.

   • 2001 January 12, A. Yu. Kasumov et al., “Proximity-Induced Superconductivity in DNA”, in Science^[4], volume 291, number 5502, DOI:10.1126/science.291.5502.280, pages 280-282:

     These results imply that DNA molecules can be conducting down to millikelvin temperature and that phase coherence is maintained over several hundred nanometers.