Talk:Atomic de Broglie microscope

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[edit] Rename?

It seems to me that the term "atomic nanoscope" is a neologism. A Google Scholar search [1] basically returns hits from two papers. One by Steane in Nature from 2001 and one from Kouznetsov et al (Hello. I am beginner in Wiki. I see, at elast in Physics, the definiitons by Wiki are better than those from dictionaries.) in J Phys B in 2006. I'm not sure how "nanoscope" is different from "microscope." It just seems that "nano" is the buzzword de jour, and so this is an attempt to emphasisze that. It's not like this device will have any higher magnification than a TEM, so why is a TEM a microscope and this a "nanoscope"?

In PRL in 1999, Doak et all used the term "atomic de Broglie microscope." This term seems to have some traction in Google Scholar [2] (albeit not a lot), and it was used before Steane's and Kouznetsov's term. That seems like a more descriptive and more formal title.

I suggest moving this article to "atomic de Broglie microscope" and redirecting this article there. Any other suggestions? eaolson 02:50, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Indeed, "atomic nanoscope" is not the proper term for this novel type of microscope. It should either be "neutral beam microscope" or, in the particular case of using He as the probing atom, "scanning helium microscope". Latter is the official term within the INA-research (INA - imaging with neutral atoms) project by B. Holst and coworkers (FP6 by the European Commission). I added the alternative names to the title of this article with the justification of being a researcher in the framework of INA. Wolframs 16:16, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible typo

Should 'acanning electron microscope' be 'scanning electron microscope'? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 165.228.227.39 (talk) 03:18, 17 January 2007 (UTC).

Dear 165.228.227.39, thank you for indicating this misprint. dima 16:06, 17 January 2007 (UTC)