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A spinning quantum gas

Jelena Stajic

Published Jun 17, 2021• 0 citations

Abstract

Quantum Simulation Ultracold atomic gases are very good at simulating electrons in solids but lack one essential party trick: charge. Their neutrality makes it challenging to simulate phenomena such as the quantum Hall effect, which, in the case of charged electrons, is easily induced by an external magnetic field. One way to produce a similar effect in a neutral system is to rotate it, but achieving the equivalent of strong magnetic fields remains difficult. Fletcher et al. rotated a gas of trapped sodium atoms, reaching a state in which the gas could be described by a single lowest Landau-level wave-function. The system is expected to be a testbed for studying the behavior of strongly interacting many-body states. Science , aba7202, this issue p. [1318][1] [1]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.aba7202

DOI: 10.1126/science.372.6548.1300-g

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