Towards gamma-ray lasers via super-radiance in a Bose-Einstein condensate of 135mCs isomers

Project Information

GAMMALAS

Grant agreement ID: 657188

DOI 10.3030/657188

Project closed

EC signature date 23 March 2015

Start date 1 December 2015

End date 30 November 2017

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 183 454,80

EU contribution € 183 454,80

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
United Kingdom

Objective

We propose to realise the first experimental demonstration of gamma-ray coherent emission by means of super-radiance in a Bose-Einstein condensate of 135mCs isomers. The isomers will be produced by proton bombardment and will be then laser cooled and trapped in a magneto-optical trap. The cold atomic sample will be transferred to an optical dipole trap, where, by means of forced evaporative cooling, a Bose-Einstein Condensate will be realised. The 135mCs condensate will satisfy the requirements for gamma-ray coherent emission at 787 keV. The project will lead to several milestones in fundamental physics, thus triggering further novel researches, and will demonstrate the practical feasibility of gamma-ray lasers, that would have numerous potential applications ranging from energy industry to medicine.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

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• natural sciences › chemical sciences › electrochemistry › electric batteries
• natural sciences › physical sciences › nuclear physics
• natural sciences › physical sciences › condensed matter physics › bose-einstein condensates
• natural sciences › physical sciences › optics › laser physics
• natural sciences › physical sciences › theoretical physics › particle physics › photons

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Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2014-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2014

Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

• Net EU contribution: € 183 454,80
• Address: GOWER STREET ; WC1E 6BT London ; United Kingdom
• Region: London › Inner London — West › Camden and City of London
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: € 183 454,80