BEC Matters!

A special service for the Bose-Einstein condensation and related research communities. In a fast moving, inter-disciplinary research area like Bose-Einstein condensation and cold atom research, it is sometimes difficult to keep track of all the resources available. Significant articles are published across a number of our journals and setting up a search can be time consuming. By collecting the articles together, this service aims to make it easier for you to find what you need!

First Bose-Einstein Condensation of Strontium In an international first, scientists from the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) produced a Bose-Einstein condensate of the alkaline-earth element strontium. This news was reported in Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 200401 November 2009

NIST Physicists Turn to Radio Dial for Finer Atomic Matchmaking Investigating mysterious data in ultracold gases of rubidium atoms, scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland and their collaborators have found that properly tuned radio-frequency waves can influence how much the atoms attract or repel one another, opening up new ways to control their interactions.This news was reported in NIST TechBeat October 2009

Related links

UltraCold Atom News (UCAN) site is a community resource for researchers working in the field of quantum degenerate gases (ie, cold quantum gases). Reports of Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC) and Fermi Degenerate Gases (FDG) observations are submitted by researchers. In this way we hope to continue the tradition of the Georgia Southern University (GSU) BEC Homepage, expect extended to include Fermi gases, molecular condensates, and Fermi condensates in the BEC/BCS crossover. The site also maintains a list of research groups active in the field , job postings , and conference listings .

arXiv.org the original and the best e-print server! Hundreds of articles are posted on the site each month, across many areas of physics, including condensed matter, quantum physics and atomic physics .

Matt's arXiv selection : a weekly summary of cold-atom papers from arXiv.org.

Research groups working with atom traps. This Web site is regularly updated and contains a comprehensive list of groups working with atom traps across the world.

Atomic Physics on the Internet. This Web site is more plasma biased but it still contains many useful links to atomic physics sites worldwide as well as links to databases such as the Opactiy Project Database, the NIST PRD Databases and the GAPHYOR Data Centre.

International Cold Atom Network (INTERCAN). The aim of this network is to promote European Research and Education in the domain of Ultracold Dilute Atomic Systems and their Applications. It provides physicists with a European platform for information exchange and collaboration.

The Center for Ultracold Atoms (CUA) is a research community at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University that pursues scientific opportunities made possible by the advent of ultracold atoms and molecules.

INFM Research and Development Center on Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC) promotes theoretical research on the various phenomena related to Bose-Einstein condensation and to the physics of cold atomic gases in traps.

The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum-Atom Optics (ACQAO) combines pre-eminent Australian theoretical and experimental research groups in quantum and atom optics. Its aim is to create a powerful network to advance the rapidly developing field of Quantum-Atom Optics.

Conferences

Obergurgl 2010: International Conference on Quantum Optics.
Scheduled for 21 - 26 Feb 2010 Obergurgl, Tirol, Austria

FOMO - 2010: Frontiers on Matter Wave Optics
Scheduled for 6 - 11 April 2010 Crete, Greece

DAMOP'10: 41st Annual Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting.
Scheduled for 25 - 29 May 2010 Houston, TX, USA

Quantum Engineering of States and Devices: Theory and Experiments.
Scheduled for 5 - 10 June 2010 Universitätszentrum Obergurgl (Ötz Valley, near Innsbruck), Austria

LPHYS'10: 19th International Laser Physics Workshop.
Scheduled for 5 - 9 Jul 2010 Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil

QCMC2010: Tenth International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing.
Scheduled for 19 - 23 Jul 2010 University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

ICAP 2010 - 22nd International Conference on Atomic Physics.
Scheduled for 25 - 30 Jul 2010 Cairns, in Tropical North Queensland, Australia

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