Großes Physikalisches Kolloquium

Dezember  2024
Mo
09.12.2024
(HS2, A.00.102)
Fakultät für Physik
16:30
Göttinger Physikalisches Kolloquium

Prof. Hanns-Christoph Nägerl
Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Cold atoms: A wonderful platform for quantum physics

Since the formation of atomic Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) nearly 30 years ago, systems of cold atoms have developed into a versatile playground for the investigation into quantum many-body physics, with the promise to shed light onto dynamical processes in the spirit of quantum simulation efforts. With exquisite parameter control and a broad range of detection methods, a multitude of phenomena, ranging from superfluidity and quantum phase transitions to supersolidity and quantum transport, can be probed with high precision. I will give a broad introduction to the field of cold atoms and its techniques, highlighting a few of the milestone results of the past, and then turn to a selected set of recent experiments that address various dynamical quantum many-body processes such as dynamical localization, and the breaking thereof, and anyonization of bosons.