Tue March 22, 2016 4:00 pm
Dipolar quantum gases of strongly magnetic Erbium atoms
Location:26-214
Dr. Francesca Ferlaino,
University of Innsbruck/Austrian Academy of Science
Ten Minute Talk:"TBD" by
Anton Mazurenko
Given their strong magnetic moment and exotic electronic configuration, lanthanide atomic species disclose a plethora of intriguing phenomena in ultracold quantum physics. The large magnetic moment of these atoms reflects on a strong interparticle dipole-dipole interaction, which has both a long-range nature and an isotropic character. Here, we report on our latest results on quantum many-body and few-body physics based on a strongly-magnetic lanthanide, erbium (Er). Particular emphasis will be given to the dipolar Fermi gas and to the scattering properties of bosonic and fermionic Er, in which unconventional and fascinating phenomena appear as a result of both the magnetic and the orbital anisotropy of the underlying the native interactions between atoms.