Chaos reigns in a quantum ion magnet
"You are going to deviate exponentially from where you started… This is a little bit like chaos.” Black holes still pose a lot of questions for physicists, especially when it comes to understanding what happens to the dust, particles...
Optical tweezers achieve new feats of capturing atoms
Reprinted from CU Boulder Today. Written April 2, 2019 • By Daniel Strain Trapping single atoms is a bit like herding cats, which makes researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder expert feline wranglers...
The Snowflake of Insulators
Falling on ice is never fun. A cold and slippery rink is as unforgiving as concrete. Falling into snow, however, is like falling into a pile of leaves. Fluffy, sometimes sticky, and soft enough to be the only substance societally...
The Snowflake of Insulators
Falling on ice is never fun. A cold and slippery rink is as unforgiving as concrete. Falling into snow, however, is like falling into a pile of leaves. Fluffy, sometimes sticky, and soft enough to be the only substance societally...
The Strontium Optical Tweezer
As noted in their recent publication, JILA researchers have, for the first time, trapped a single alkaline-earth atom and cooled it to its ground state. To trap this atom, researchers used an optical tweezer, which is a laser focused...

The JILA Physics Frontier Center (JILA PFC) brings together 20 investigators in collaboration to share goals, ideas, expertise and technology in their aim to realize precise measurement, innovative manipulation, and harvesting ever-more intriguing meaning, all in the world of complex  quantum systems.

A theme that runs through all of JILA PFC research is the importance of interactions in understanding and exploiting the nature of quantum many-particle systems. The JILA PFC seeks to foment a new quantum revolution, in which matter with built-in quantum correlation will be understood, controlled, and harnessed. In this process, we will gain new insights into the emergence of universal rules that govern complex materials. At the same time, the JILA PFC envisions inventing novel quantum-measurement approaches for exploring unknown corners of our physical world.

The JILA PFC is housed within the JILA institute, which is a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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Quantum Matter from Basic Constituents
Quantum Correlated States and Measurement for Fundamental Physics
Out-of-Equilibrium Dynamics of Quantum Systems
eXpanding the Impact of our Science and Technology
JILA’s PISEC High School Poster Symposium brings real science to students
Marit Fiechter wins SPIN prize for best undergraduate physics thesis
Jun Ye and Deborah Jin named 2018 Highly Cited Researchers
Perkins and Lehnert Awarded Department of Commerce Medals

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