Particular focal points of research are:
The "ultracold" part of the Midlands Physics Alliance targets cutting-edge interdisciplinary research at the rapidly evolving interface between cold atom, condensed matter, and optical physics. It joins more than 15 research groups in theoretical and experimental cold atom physics in a strategic partnership between the Universities of Birmingham, Nottingham, and Warwick. more...
The MUARC summer school on Advanced Techniques in Atomic Physics will take place in Ardencote, near Birmingham, UK, on 22-27 August 2010. The school is intended to enable advanced graduate students or early post-docs to target the next step in their career. Registration is now open.
The joint MUARC/MPAGS winter school for advanced undergraduates and starting graduate students was held at the University of Nottingham on 13-15th December. The programme covered a broad range of topics currently investigated at MUARC such as quantum optics, quantum simulations with Rydberg atoms, atom chips, and quantum gases in optical lattices.
The next school will be held in August 2010 and will target advanced postgraduate students and young researchers.
Lucia Hackermüller and Jon Goldwin are joining MUARC. Lucia will be a Lecturer at the University of Nottingham and will study Lithium-Caesium cold molecules on an atom chip. Jon will be a Lecturer at the University of Birmingham and will study the interaction of ultracold fermionic Potassium with a single quantum optical field in a high-finesse cavity.
The openlab party celebrated the end of the refurbishment of the Cold Atom labs in Birmingham.
