Talk:Atomic nanoscope

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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)