Dipolar quantum gases, droplets and supersolids
Atoms such as dysprosium act like tiny bar magnets, and a gas of them can form self-holding droplets and supersolids, states that are crystals and frictionless fluids at the same time. Molecules with electric dipoles now join these magnetic atoms.
Why it matters
Supersolids test how crystal order and superfluidity coexist, a question raised for solid helium for 50 years.
Review
L. Chomaz, I. Ferrier-Barbut, F. Ferlaino, B. Laburthe-Tolra, B. L. Lev, T. Pfau, Dipolar physics: a review of experiments with magnetic quantum gases, Reports on Progress in Physics, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6633/aca814 reference checked
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