429 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 presents a compact, dual-solenoid magnetic coil and control circuit capable of rapidly changing the magnetic field by up to 36 Gauss in 3 microseconds, enabling the study of non-equilibrium quantum dynamics in cold atom experiments via Feshbach resonances.
This paper presents a stable, phase-locking-free method for generating optical lattices by passing a single laser beam through a prism with n-fold symmetric facets, successfully demonstrating various configurations like triangular and ten-fold quasi-crystal lattices with minimal lattice constant variation and positional drift.
This paper demonstrates the practical viability of a novel, constant-depth Quantum Phase Difference Estimation (QPDE) algorithm for accurately calculating excitation energy gaps in diverse spin systems on noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices, achieving 85% to 93% accuracy through advanced noise suppression techniques.
This paper demonstrates a scalable, low-cost photonic-integrated platform featuring a tunable silicon nitride resonator that stabilizes multiple lasers to an atomic transition, enabling compact and portable quantum sensing and computing applications.
This paper proposes using linear Paul traps with single or multi-ion configurations to detect megahertz gravitational waves via graviton-photon conversion or relative-motion excitations, demonstrating that entangling vibrational qubits enhances signal probability by a factor of to surpass the standard quantum limit.
This paper presents a detailed computer simulation method to investigate the non-monotonic evolution of K-shell ionization and characteristic x-ray radiation angular distributions from high-energy electrons and positrons traversing oriented silicon crystals across a wide energy range (1–1000 GeV), with a specific focus on the underlying physical mechanisms such as dechanneling.
This study experimentally demonstrates that dysprosium atoms can be prepared in a long-lived metastable state with a large induced electric dipole moment of over 1 Debye and a reduced transition dipole moment of 7.65 Debye, enabling efficient single-photon excitation from the ground state through a three-state Stark interaction.
This paper presents a framework for quantifying spin-orbital entanglement in Cr-doped glasses by reconstructing electronic spinors from optical data, revealing a robust linear correlation between the von Neumann entropy and the ratio of spin-orbit coupling to crystal field strength.
This paper presents a comprehensive investigation of He I line profiles for DB white dwarf spectroscopic analysis, utilizing SDSS DR17 data to compare traditional semi-analytical Stark profiles with new computer-simulated profiles while examining various physical effects such as frequency sampling, Doppler broadening, and 3D hydrodynamical corrections.
This study demonstrates that CMOS-compatible silicon nitride metasurfaces can achieve polarization-selective, resonantly enhanced third-harmonic generation for efficient deep-UV emission, offering a simple structural alternative to complex materials for nonlinear photonics.