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Sympathetic cooling with Be ions for precision measurements – BESCOOL
In the last two decades, spectacular advances have been made in the quantum state control of ions confined in radiofrequency traps. Methods have been developed for laser cooling of the external motion down to the vibrational ground-state. Sympathetic cooling extended these techniques to many atomic
Irradiation Induced Doping of Topological Insulators – IRIDOTI
Determination of effect of various types of damage on electrical and spectroscopic properties of topological insulators is the prerequisite of the project. We use various types of projectiles, from low temperature electron irradiation creating point defects, to swift heavy ions expected to form larg
Materials World Network: New functionality in COmplex MAGnetic structures with perpendicular anisotropy – COMAG
Nanomagnetism is one of the most active areas in science, with a wide range of fundamental problems as well as important and emerging technologies. New functionality requires control of magnetic order at the nanometer spatial and sub-nanosecond temporal scales. Many spin-based devices are still in
Water Electrolytes Solutions in Extreme Conditions: Amorphous, Crystalline and Superionic Phases – PACS
This project is an ambitious program to explore the stable and metastable phases of common (LiCl, NaCl, KCl) electrolyte water solutions which are relevant for many fields in science, ranging from cryobiology to planetary science, in regions up to now inaccessible to current techniques. In particu
Studies of Ultrafast Molecular processes by Multiparticle Imaging Techniques – SUMMIT
How are molecular orbitals formed from the atomic orbitals of the constituencies when a chemical bond is formed or inversely how do the atomic orbitals emerge from the molecular ones if a bond breaks? The current project aims to make a major contribution towards answering this question. We will use
Quantum Control of an Ultracold Gas of Polar Molecules – COPOMOL
Bose-Einstein condensation in a dilute weakly interacting atomic gas which happens at temperatures only millionth of a degree above absolute zero was first realized in 1995. Because of the deep connections with many important physics phenomena, such as superfluidity and superconductivity, it has sin
Thermoelectric effects at the nanoscale – Hotspot
In recent years it has become clear that the thermal forces on charged colloids are to a large extent determined by thermoelectricity. In the bulk, the thermoelectric or Seebeck field E=S?T is proportional to the applied temperature gradient. Both its sign and magnitude depend on the electrolyte com
First steps towards atomic physics of Fast Ion – Slow Ion Collisions – Fit-FISIC
Knowledge of the fundamental mechanisms at stake in fast ion – slow ion collision in atomic physics can provide a real breakthrough in the understanding of energy transfers in various plasmas such as inertial confinement fusion plasmas or stellar/interstellar plasmas. Indeed, ion-ion collisions are