ERC Starting Grant · 2020
Supersolids and Beyond: Exploring New States of Matter with Laser-Cooled Dipolar Molecules
Quantum mechanics becomes most fascinating when its counterintuitive phenomena are observable on a macroscopic scale. The goal of this project is to realize and study novel states of matter that are paradigmatic examples of such behaviour. My primary focus is the paradoxical supersolid state of matter, which combines the crystal structure of a solid with the frictionless flow of a superfluid. The very existence of this state has been debated intensively for over 60 years. After decades of inconclusive efforts in helium, I have recently observed evidence for this state in magnetic quantum gases. This discovery has raised a plethora of new questions, which can be addressed with neither…
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