578 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 study investigates how high external pressure, modeled via an impenetrable spherical cavity, significantly enhances finite-nuclear-size corrections and electron-capture decay rates in confined hydrogenlike ions while lifting level degeneracies and altering the relative magnitudes of these corrections across different bound states.
Researchers aboard the China Space Station achieved the first in-orbit quantum test of the Weak Equivalence Principle using a dual-species atom interferometer, improving measurement precision by three orders of magnitude to a test uncertainty of 2.8×10⁻⁸.
This paper demonstrates that phase disorder in an expanding chain of Bose-Einstein condensates transforms the Talbot effect by introducing new peaks in the spatial density spectrum, which arise from pairwise interferences that are otherwise mutually destructive in the absence of disorder.
This paper proposes a hybrid cryogenic detection system combining a dielectric haloscope, a Rydberg-atom transducer, and superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors to achieve QCD axion sensitivity in the previously unexplored terahertz frequency range by efficiently converting and up-converting ultralight dark matter signals.
This paper reports the development of a robust multi-ion optical clock using up to 10 strontium ions that achieves a record-breaking fractional frequency uncertainty of while reducing measurement time by a factor of 4.8 compared to single-ion systems.
This paper proposes and analyzes a theoretical model demonstrating how cavity-mediated long-range interactions in spinor quantum optical lattices can induce antiferromagnetic correlations in bosonic matter, thereby enabling the design of robust quantum information mechanisms through the manipulation of magnetic phases beyond natural atomic constraints.
This paper presents a theoretical analysis of binary collisions between quantum droplets formed from ultra-cold atomic mixtures, utilizing random phase approximation-derived surface tension expressions to calculate Weber numbers, identify collision outcomes ranging from coalescence to disintegration, and quantify atom losses essential for observing these effects.
This paper theoretically demonstrates that atomic many-body interactions, combined with cavity-induced effects and tunable light-field geometries, enable precise control over the competition and coexistence of diverse magnetic ordering configurations in spinor Bose-Einstein condensates, offering a versatile platform for analog quantum simulation of magnetic materials.
This paper investigates the interplay between superradiant self-organization and superfluid-Mott insulator transitions in ultracold bosonic atoms within a blue-detuned optical cavity, revealing light-driven structural phase transitions and mode softening at critical points without requiring higher energy bands.
Using Raman excitation in a cold atom Fermi-Hubbard system, researchers observed a new quasiparticle called a magnon-Fermi-polaron, formed by the dressing of magnons with doped holes, and characterized its momentum-dependent energy shifts and spectral weight reduction as a function of doping.