Dear all,

This is to remind you on our TODAY's third lecture in our series on Bose-Einstein Condensation of Molecules!

Monday, 05 January 2004 16:45 pm ETH-Hönggerberg, Seminarraum HPF G6

Speaker: Dr. Markus Greiner JILA University of Colorado, Boulder (USA)

Title: "A molecular Bose-Einstein condensate emerges from a Fermi sea"

Abstract: The realization of fermionic superfluidity in a dilute gas of atoms, analogous to superconductivity in metals, is a long-standing goal of ultracold gas research. Beyond being a new example of this fascinating quantum phenomenon, fermionic superfluidity in an atomic gas holds the promise of adjustable interactions and the ability to tune continuously from BCS-type superfluidity to Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC). I will talk about recent experiments, where we have converted a Fermi sea of atoms into a molecular BEC. In addition to being the first molecular condensate in thermal equilibrium, this BEC represents one extreme of the predicted BCS-BEC continuum.

(M. Greiner, C. Regal and D. Jin; Nature 426, 537, December 2003)

Welcome to join this seminar!

For the program of the Laser Seminars Winter Semester 2003/2004 see also on: http://www.quantumoptics.ethz.ch/ -> seminars & events

Best regards

Veronica Bürgisser Secretary to Prof. T. Esslinger ------------------------------------------------------ Institute for Quantum Electronics Quantum Optics Group ETH-Hoenggerberg, HPF D6 CH-8093 Zuerich Tel: +41 1 633 2121 Fax: +41 1 633 1254 e-mail: buergisser@iqe.phys.ethz.ch Web: www.quantumoptics.ethz.ch ------------------------------------------------------