Strongly interacting quantum phases of dipolar molecules

ORAL

Abstract

We report on studies of strongly interacting quantum phases of dipolar molecules. Dipolar molecules enable the investigation of strongly interacting dipolar many-body physics. The recent development of microwave shielding allows for flexible control of dipolar interactions while the lifetime of degenerate molecular samples is as long as several seconds [1, 2]. This platform paves the way for the studies of rich dipolar physics in the quantum regime. We will share our latest insights.

*We acknowledge funding from NSF, AFOSR, ONR, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

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Publication: [1] W. Yuan, S. Zhang, N. Bigagli, H. Kwak, C. Warner, T. Karman, I. Stevenson, and S. Will, Extreme Loss Suppression and Wide Tunability of Dipolar Interactions in an Ultracold Molecular Gas arXiv:2505.08773 (2025).
[2] S. Zhang, W. Yuan, N. Bigagli, H. Kwak, T. Karman, I. Stevenson, and S. Will, Observation of self-bound droplets of ultracold dipolar molecules arXiv:2507.15208 (2025).

Presenters

  • Haneul Kwak

    • Columbia University

Authors

  • Haneul Kwak

    • Columbia University

  • Siwei Zhang

    • Columbia University

  • Weijun Yuan

    • Columbia University

  • Niccolò Bigagli

    • Columbia University

  • Tijs Karman

    • Radboud University Nijmegen

  • Ian C Stevenson

    • Columbia University

  • Asaf Toprakci

    • Columbia University

  • Lin Su

    • Columbia University

  • Sebastian Will

    • Columbia University