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!

Atom laser makes its first measurement Physicists in Australia have for the first time performed a measurement task with an atom laser. The achievement opens up the possibility of manipulating an atom-laser beam so that it may be used to process quantum information.This news was reported in Physics World May 2008

MULTICOLOR ATOM LASER A new theoretical study suggests that intense atom lasers would not be mono-chromatic. In ordinary optical lasers the coordinated build-up of a coherent light pulse ensures that all light waves possess a single energy; in other words, all the laser light would have a single color. By analogy, the action of an atom laser, consisting of the release of gaseous atoms (in the form of waves) from the magnetic-field constraints used to create a Bose Einstein condensate (BEC), should be monochromatic.This news was reported in PHYSICS NEWS UPDATE May 2008

STOPPING AND FREEZING A BULLET The cooling of atoms to near absolute zero has been possible thanks largely to laser-based techniques, but only about 10 percent of elements in the periodic table have the necessary atomic level structure. A new two-step technique, described in two back-to-back papers in the 7 March Physical Review Letters, promises to cool atoms representing 90 percent of the elements.This news was reported in PHYSICAL REVIEW FOCUS March 2008

Stunt Doubles: Ultracold Atoms Could Replicate the Electron 'Jitterbug' Ultracold atoms moving through a carefully designed arrangement of laser beams will jiggle slightly as they go, two NIST scientists have predicted. If observed, this never-before-seen 'jitterbug' motion would shed light on a little-known oddity of quantum mechanics arising from Paul Dirac's 80-year-old theory of the electron.This news was reported in NIST TECHBEAT March 2008

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.

The Cold Molecule Portal is the Web site of the Cold Molecule European Network Project. The project has been set up to to bring the field of cold and ultracold molecules from its present state, mostly feasibility, to one where production and storage of molecules are sufficiently well mastered to become basic techniques for new experiments and applications. The web site contains information on workshops, jobs, the groups involved and even has an online magazine where the members of the network can discuss their work as it progresses.

FASTNet is the Web site for the Field-Atom-Surface-Training Network. FASTNet introduces young researchers to the multidisciplinary world of atom manipulation ... bringing together expertise in atom optics, near-field optics, microcircuit technology and surface engineering at the nano scale.

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 .

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 baised 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.

Conferences

ICAP'08: 21st International Conference on Atomic Physics.
Scheduled for 27 Jul 2008 - 01 Aug 2008 University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

25th International conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT25).
Scheduled for 06 Aug 2008 - 13 Aug 2008 Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Quantum Many-Body Systems, Bose-Einstein Condensation.
Scheduled for 29 Sep 2008 - 04 Oct 2008 Montreal, Canada

INTERCAN Predoc school in Les Houches.
Scheduled for 29 Sep 2008 - 10 Oct 2008 Les Houches, France

422th Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar Quo Vadis BEC?.
Scheduled for 29 Oct 2008 - 31 Oct 2008 Bad Honnef, Germany

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