410 papers
The subatomic world is a realm where matter behaves in ways that defy our everyday intuition, and this category explores the fundamental building blocks of our universe. From the intricate dance of quarks inside a proton to the strange properties of electrons, these studies reveal the deep rules that govern everything from the smallest particles to the largest stars.
At Gist.Science, we track every new preprint in this field as it appears on arXiv, ensuring you stay ahead of the curve. For each discovery, we provide both a clear, plain-language explanation of the core ideas and a detailed technical summary for those who want to dive deeper into the mathematics and methodology.
Below are the latest papers in Atom-Ph, offering fresh insights into the structure and behavior of the atomic scale.
This paper reports the successful sympathetic cooling and Coulomb crystallization of xenon highly charged ions within a laser-cooled calcium ion matrix, establishing a versatile platform for precision metrology, new physics searches, and quantum information science.
This review article outlines the theoretical foundations and summarizes recent experimental efforts to detect exotic spin-dependent interactions mediated by light particles like axions and Axion-Like Particles, which are proposed solutions to the strong CP problem, dark matter, and other physics beyond the Standard Model.
This paper presents a general theoretical framework linking photon statistics to photoelectron observables in multiphoton processes, demonstrating how quantum light properties influence RABBIT spectroscopy signals and establishing a new foundation for quantum-optical attosecond science.
This paper introduces CAVIAR, an electron ptychography framework that achieves sub-Angstrom resolution to reveal spatial correlations in atomic vibrations and accurately determine phonon frequencies from nanoscale volumes, offering a unique tool for studying atom dynamics and developing phonon-based technologies.
This paper proposes a novel method using cryogenic microcalorimeters to perform precision muonic x-ray spectroscopy of light transition elements, aiming to reduce the uncertainty in their absolute electric quadrupole moments by an order of magnitude to significantly advance nuclear structure studies and quantum chemistry benchmarks.
This paper demonstrates the first three-dimensional magneto-optical trapping of the metal hydride molecule CaH, achieving temperatures below one millikelvin and opening a pathway for the optical trapping of hydrogen atoms via controlled molecular dissociation.
This paper utilizes the path integral formalism and an approximation for the centrifugal term to derive the energy spectrum and wave functions for a linear combination of Yukawa and four-parameter diatomic potentials, subsequently using these results to calculate the system's partition function and thermodynamic properties.
This paper reports the successful realization of two-dimensional magnetically-assisted Sisyphus laser cooling for the asymmetric top molecule calcium monoamide (CaNH), demonstrating effective vibrational and rotational state closure that expands the scope of molecular laser cooling to the most complex geometric class of molecules for future quantum applications.
This paper presents a miniaturized, optically-heated neutral atom source that achieves rapid all-optical loading of trapped ions, demonstrating single-ion loading in under 30 seconds with low optical power and establishing a thermal model to guide future performance improvements.
This paper presents a Rydberg-atom electric field sensor utilizing a sapphire vapor cell to overcome RF screening limitations and detect sub-100 MHz signals, demonstrating its performance in the ISM band alongside a shared Python-based routine for optimizing off-resonant detection parameters.