This three-year, $354,239 National Science Foundation project grant supports theoretical research at Purdue University to advance understanding of universal few-body quantum systems and interactions. Specifically, the Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant will develop quantitative descriptions of three to five particle systems, such as atoms, molecules, nucleons or quarks, to extract new insights into universal behavior and predict phenomena. The effort will apply computational methods like...
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, 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 $430,309 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant supports a research project at Purdue University to study novel out-of-equilibrium quantum dynamics in homogeneous atomic quantum gases. The key research goals are to: 1) explore the dynamics of an attractive Bose gas and detect quantum correlations, and 2) induce supersonic flows in a superfluid and observe their instability. The...
Purdue University was awarded a $239,984 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on September 15, 2021 to complete work by August 31, 2024. The grant is part of NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. Under this award, Purdue University researchers will study scattering, reactions, and quantum many-body states in ultracold molecules. They will leverage recent...
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...
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...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $366,058 to Harvard University to conduct research on quantum simulation and collisions with ultracold triatomic molecules. The project aims to study the quantum physics governing polyatomic molecule interactions and develop techniques for quantum control of these molecules, with applications in quantum computing and simulation. Led by Professor John...
The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Purdue University $240,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) for the project "Collective Atom Interaction with Photons" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. This Project Grant will support research examining the interaction between collections of atoms and photons. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goal of strengthening the nation's...
This $350,546 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program supports fundamental research on quantum stereodynamics of cold molecular collisions. The project, led by researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), aims to gain a deeper understanding of atomic and molecular collision processes and explore methods to control the outcomes of chemical reactions through quantum mechanical techniques. Key focus...