This $298,494 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics supports research on "Beyond Mean-Field Physics in Dynamical Bose-Einstein Condensates" under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The project aims to explore a variety of nonequilibrium processes in ultracold quantum gases, with a focus on investigating quantum and thermal fluctuation effects on the collision and thermalization of cold atoms, quantum phase...
This Project Grant award, valued at $376,379.00 and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research on the dynamics of few-body quantum systems. The key objectives are to develop a quantum mechanical treatment of the time evolution of small atomic and molecular systems, in order to reveal few-body phenomena and improve understanding of larger system dynamics. The research will focus on two main areas: (1)...
This $360,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Physics supports fundamental research and graduate student training in the frontiers of cold atom theory and ultracold gases. The three-year award, effective August 1, 2024, is designed to expand the range of quantum mechanics that can be studied through cold gas experiments, with the goal of applying this knowledge to develop new quantum materials and technologies. The research program, organized around...
The Regents of the University of Colorado received a $277,228 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics on September 1, 2021 to complete the project by August 31, 2024. The grant supports the "Exploring Ultracold Matter Along the Complexity Axis" project under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The project aims to advance understanding of major problems in physics by promoting progress in mathematical and physical...
This Project Grant award, valued at $214,419 and effective from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2028, was issued by the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049). The primary objective of this project is to develop an experimental simulation system using ultracold dipolar molecules confined in optical lattices to investigate new states of quantum matter and advance the understanding of physical processes behind...
This Project Grant award of $245,290 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports fundamental research on out-of-equilibrium quantum dynamics in homogeneous atomic quantum gases conducted by Purdue University. The research team will use ultracold cesium atoms to explore novel quantum many-body phenomena, including the dynamics of quantum breathers, a one-dimensional Bose gas phase transition, and the instability of supersonic...
This $221,844 National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) project grant award to Princeton University supports research on microscopic studies of frustrated quantum systems using ultracold gases of atoms and molecules. The research team will explore new phases of matter that appear in frustrated quantum systems, such as magnets that are robust to very high temperatures, to advance the fundamental understanding of these complex quantum phenomena....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant of $239,999 to George Mason University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research on ultracold atoms in optical tweezer arrays. The research aims to develop novel numerical algorithms to understand the correlations and dynamics of interacting atoms in these arrays, with the goal of realizing new correlated quantum phases and generating entangled states for quantum information applications....
This $360,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research on the quantum dynamics of near-one-dimensional systems at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). The PI will develop theoretical tools to quantitatively model and analyze experiments on ultracold atomic gases confined to one dimension, with a focus on understanding the far-from-equilibrium dynamics and emergent hydrodynamic...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $300,000 in funding to Purdue University to conduct research on the interaction of light with cold atom gases. The project, titled "Multiatom-Multiphoton Effects," will utilize computer simulations to understand how light simultaneously interacts with multiple cold atoms. The research aims to explore new quantum effects that arise when many atoms...
This Project Grant award, totaling $298,778.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The funding supports research at the University of Colorado to explore the physics of ultracold atomic and molecular gases, which can exhibit novel behaviors like anisotropic fluid dynamics and complex collision dynamics. Specifically, the research aims to develop and solve the equations of fluid motion for an ultracold gas of polar molecules, and investigate collisions of atoms and molecules with dense resonance structures. The insights gained from these highly-controlled ultracold systems could yield new understanding about the relationship between quantum and classical mechanics. The project period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. No subawards are planned under this grant.