Three-Component Fermi Gas Lattice Experiment

Project Information

3FLEX

Grant agreement ID: 279697

Project closed

Start date 1 August 2011

End date 31 July 2016

Funded under

• Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Total cost € 1 469 040,00

EU contribution € 1 469 040,00

Coordinated by

RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG
Germany

Objective

Understanding the many-body physics of strongly correlated systems has always been a major challenge for theoretical and experimental physics. The recent advances in the field of ultracold quantum gases have opened a completely new way to study such strongly correlated systems. It is now feasible to use ultracold gases as quantum simulators for such diverse systems such as the Hubbard model or the BCS-BEC crossover. The objective of this project is to study a three-component Fermi gas in an optical lattice, a system with rich many-body physics. With our experiments we aim to contribute to the understanding of exotic phases which are discussed in the context of QCD and condensed matter physics.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › physical sciences › condensed matter physics › quantum gases

Programme(s)

• FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Topic(s)

• ERC-SG-PE2 - ERC Starting Grant - Fundamental constituents of matter

Call for proposal

ERC-2011-StG_20101014
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Funding Scheme

ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant

Host institution

RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG

• EU contribution: € 1 469 040,00
• Address: SEMINARSTRASSE 2 ; 69117 Heidelberg ; Germany
• Region: Baden-Württemberg › Karlsruhe › Heidelberg, Stadtkreis
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Principal investigator: Selim Jochim (Prof.)
• Administrative Contact: Norbert Huber (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

Beneficiaries (1)

RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG

Germany

• EU contribution: € 1 469 040,00
• Address: SEMINARSTRASSE 2 ; 69117 Heidelberg
• Region: Baden-Württemberg › Karlsruhe › Heidelberg, Stadtkreis
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Principal investigator: Selim Jochim (Prof.)
• Administrative Contact: Norbert Huber (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data