Seminar
Wednesday, 13 January, 2010
The phase diagrams of strongly interacting ultracold atoms
Wednesday, 13.01.2010 2 p.m. (s.t.) in H107, Fakultät für Physik LMU
Charles Mathy, Princeton University
The experimental realization of model condensed matter systems in ultracold atoms allows for a complete exploration of a variety of phase diagrams, as one is able to tune such parameters as mass, polarization and interaction strength, with a flexibility unmatched in any other experiments. In this talk I will discuss three ultracold atomic systems : bose-fermi mixtures close to resonance, two-component fermions in an optical lattice, and imbalanced fermi gases. The interest in these systems stems from their relation to important problems in condensed matter physics, and their experimental accessibility. I will discuss what has already been achieved in these systems, what still remains to be done, and what the main experimental and theoretical challenges are to that end.