This category explores the fascinating world of quantum gases, where scientists cool atoms to temperatures near absolute zero to create exotic states of matter. In these extreme conditions, individual atoms begin to behave like a single giant wave, revealing strange quantum effects that are usually hidden in our everyday warm world. These experiments help researchers understand the fundamental rules governing matter and could one day lead to revolutionary new technologies like ultra-precise sensors or quantum computers.

On Gist.Science, we process every new preprint in this field directly from arXiv to make these complex discoveries accessible to everyone. Our team provides both plain-language overviews for the curious mind and detailed technical summaries for experts, ensuring you get the full picture without getting lost in the jargon. Below are the latest papers from arXiv in Cond-Mat — Quant-Gas, freshly summarized and ready for you to explore.

Spectral functions of the strongly interacting 3D Fermi gas

This paper presents an efficient real-time method combining the Keldysh path integral with the self-consistent T-matrix approximation to directly compute spectral functions of the strongly interacting 3D Fermi gas, demonstrating improved dynamical accuracy over traditional analytic continuation and resolving debates regarding the existence of a pseudogap regime above the critical temperature.

Christian H. Johansen, Bernhard Frank, Johannes Lang2026-02-12🔬 cond-mat

Observation of high partial-wave Feshbach resonances in 39^{39}K Bose-Einstein condensates

This paper reports the experimental observation and theoretical confirmation of several high partial-wave magnetic Feshbach resonances in 39^{39}K Bose-Einstein condensates, which are induced by dipolar spin-spin interactions and offer significant potential for studying many-body physics dominated by high partial-wave pairing.

Yue Zhang, Liangchao Chen, Zekui Wang, Yazhou Wang, Pengjun Wang, Lianghui Huang, Zengming Meng, Ran Qi, Jing Zhang2026-02-12🔬 physics.atom-ph

Repulsively Bound Hadrons in a Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 Lattice Gauge Theory

This paper demonstrates that resonant pair-production terms in a Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 lattice gauge theory enable the formation of stable, high-energy "repulsively bound" hadrons through a novel dynamical mechanism, a finding supported by matrix product state simulations and an effective model that suggests experimental realization on modern quantum hardware.

Sayak Guha Roy, Vaibhav Sharma, Kaidi Xu, Umberto Borla, Jad C. Halimeh, Kaden R. A. Hazzard2026-02-12⚛️ hep-lat

Experimental study of matter-wave four-wave mixing in 39^{39}K Bose-Einstein condensates with tunable interaction

This study experimentally demonstrates that matter-wave four-wave mixing in 39^{39}K Bose-Einstein condensates can be optimized by tuning atomic interactions via Feshbach resonances, revealing that the yield is maximized near the critical gas-droplet phase boundary in two-spin configurations.

Yue Zhang, Liangchao Chen, Zekui Wang, Yazhou Wang, Pengjun Wang, Lianghui Huang, Zengming Meng, Zhuxiong Ye, Wei Han, Jing Zhang2026-02-12🔬 physics.atom-ph

Mapping reservoir-enhanced superconductivity to near-long-range magnetic order in the undoped 1D Anderson- and Kondo-lattices

This paper establishes a formal mapping between the 1D Anderson lattice and a reservoir-enhanced superconducting model to demonstrate that the metallic reservoir mediates effective long-range interactions, which in turn explains the emergence of near-long-range magnetic order and renormalized RKKY coupling in Kondo systems.

J. E. Ebot, Lorenzo Pizzino, Sam Mardazad, Johannes S. Hofmann, Thierry Giamarchi, Adrian Kantian2026-02-12🔬 cond-mat