The scientists said their spacetime simulation 'agrees very well with theory.'
, explained that they were able to simulate different curvatures in spacetime that could have had vast implications for the evolution of the early universe. The key breakthrough of the experiment was that it allowed scientists to pause their system for closer inspection at different points of expansion.
In order to carry out their experiment, the scientists cooled roughly 20,000 potassium-39 atoms down to temperatures just above absolute zero . At these temperatures, the atoms form, a state of matter that allows scientists to simulate the conditions of the early universe, of black holes, and of other cosmic phenomena.
In an interview with VICE, Nikolas Liebster, an experimental physicist at Heidelberg University, Germany, and co-author of the study, said "for these specific assumptions for this model system, it agrees very well with theory, and now we can ask questions that go beyond what the current theory can answer."
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