Using quantum techniques to study atomic and molecular physics and chemistry.
Yale research teams study many facets of atomic and molecular physics/chemistry, ranging from the phase diagram of ultracold matter to the chemical properties of complex molecules. Using advances in laser cooling techniques and real-time spatial control of atoms, Yale researchers investigate phase transitions to exotic states of strongly-correlated quantum matter and the dynamics of quantum fluids. They lead the development of techniques to trap and cool simple molecules and for searches of physics beyond the Standard Model and explore their use for quantum computation and many-body physics of systems with long-range interactions. Yale teams also investigate a variety of techniques to study chemical reactions and fundamental properties of more complex molecular systems, from mass-selective vibrational spectroscopy to time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy.
