Institution
University of Heidelberg - DE

Group Homepage
https://www.physi.uni-heidelberg.de/Forschung/QF/

Research
Experiment

We are currently building a new-generation experiment in which we cool and trap dysprosium atomic gases in lower-dimensional and tailored-shaped potentials. Being the most magnetic element of the periodic table, dysprosium presents strong interatomic dipole-dipole interactions. Contrasting with the standard contact interactions, the dipolar interactions are long-range and anisotropic. Our aim is to study the impact of such interactions on the equilibrium and dynamical behaviors of quantum fluids, focusing on lower-dimensional spaces and uniform potentials, where quantum fluctuations and critical effects are exalted.