The European Physical Journal D (EPJ D)

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Topical issue on cold quantum matter p. 1

Gerhard Birkl, Christopher Foot, Tim Freegarde, Rudolf Grimm, Jeremy M. Hutson and Matthias Weidemüller

Published online: 25 October 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20555-7

Production of a dual-species Bose-Einstein condensate of Rb and Cs atoms p. 3

A.D. Lercher, T. Takekoshi, M. Debatin, B. Schuster, R. Rameshan, F. Ferlaino, R. Grimm and H.-C. Nägerl

Published online: 25 March 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20015-6

Bose-Einstein condensation of ⁸⁷Rb in a levitated crossed dipole trap p. 11

D.L. Jenkin, D.J. McCarron, M.P. Köppinger, H.-W. Cho, S.A. Hopkins and S.L. Cornish

Published online: 27 April 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-10720-5

Mean field effects on the scattered atoms in condensate collisions p. 19

P. Deuar, P. Ziń, J. Chwedeńczuk and M. Trippenbach

Published online: 28 June 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20066-7

Scaling of the interaction in BECs at large scattering lengths p. 25

R. Sarjonen, M. Saarela and F. Mazzanti

Published online: 11 October 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20102-8

Multimode mean-field model for the quantum phase transition of a Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical resonator p. 33

G. Kónya, G. Szirmai and P. Domokos

Published online: 15 April 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20050-3

Highlight

Integrability breakdown in longitudinaly trapped, one-dimensional bosonic gases p. 43

I.E. Mazets

Published online: 18 March 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2010-10637-5

Surprising results of soliton collisions in a three component Bose Einstein condensate p. 49

P. Szankowski, M. Trippenbach and E. Infeld

Published online: 25 October 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20063-x

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Feshbach resonances in the ⁶Li-⁴⁰K Fermi-Fermi mixture: elastic versus inelastic interactions p. 55

D. Naik, A. Trenkwalder, C. Kohstall, F.M. Spiegelhalder, M. Zaccanti, G. Hendl, F. Schreck, R. Grimm, T.M. Hanna and P.S. Julienne

Published online: 14 January 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2010-10591-2

Atom-dimer and dimer-dimer scattering in fermionic mixtures near a narrow Feshbach resonance p. 67

J. Levinsen and D.S. Petrov

Published online: 23 June 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20071-x

Repulsive polarons and itinerant ferromagnetism in strongly polarized Fermi gases p. 83

P. Massignan and G. M. Bruun

Published online: 27 July 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20084-5

Collision of one dimensional (1D) spin polarized Fermi gases in an optical lattice p. 91

J. Kajala, F. Massel and P. Törmä

Published online: 28 June 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20081-8

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Population redistribution in optically trapped polar molecules p. 99

J. Deiglmayr, M. Repp, O. Dulieu, R. Wester and M. Weidemüller

Published online: 19 September 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20072-9

Stark effect measurements on the NaK molecule p. 105

A. Gerdes, O. Dulieu, H. Knöckel and E. Tiemann

Published online: 23 June 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20048-9

Cold atom-molecule photoassociation: long-range interactions beyond the 1/Rⁿ expansion p. 113

M. Lepers and O. Dulieu

Published online: 17 May 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20083-6

A high phase-space density mixture of ⁸⁷Rb and ¹³³Cs: towards ultracold heteronuclear molecules p. 125

H.W. Cho, D.J. McCarron, D. L. Jenkin, M. P. Köppinger and S. L. Cornish

Published online: 27 April 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-10716-1

Density waves in layered systems with fermionic polar molecules p. 133

N.T. Zinner and G.M. Bruun

Published online: 29 September 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20094-3

Prospects for sympathetic cooling of molecules in electrostatic, ac and microwave traps p. 141

S.K. Tokunaga, W. Skomorowski, P.S. Żuchowski, R. Moszynski, J.M. Hutson, E.A. Hinds and M.R. Tarbutt

Published online: 15 April 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-10719-x

The prospects of sympathetic cooling of NH molecules with Li atoms p. 151

Alisdair O.G. Wallis, Edward J.J. Longdon, Piotr S. Żuchowski and Jeremy M. Hutson

Published online: 17 May 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20025-4

Highlight

Accumulation of Stark-decelerated NH molecules in a magnetic trap p. 161

J. Riedel, S. Hoekstra, W. Jäger, J.J. Gilijamse, S.Y.T. van de Meerakker and G. Meijer

Published online: 09 June 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20082-7

Quenching vibrations of cesium dimers by He at low and ultralow temperatures: quantum dynamical calculations p. 167

D. Caruso, M. Tacconi, E. Yurtsever, S. Bovino and F.A. Gianturco

Published online: 19 September 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20029-0

On the role of the magnetic dipolar interaction in cold and ultracold collisions: numerical and analytical results for NH(³Σ⁻) + NH(³Σ⁻) p. 177

L.M.C. Janssen, A. van der Avoird and G.C. Groenenboom

Published online: 17 May 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20093-4

Scattering of Stark-decelerated OH radicals with rare-gas atoms p. 189

L. Scharfenberg, K.B. Gubbels, M. Kirste, G.C. Groenenboom, A. van der Avoird, G. Meijer and S.Y.T. van de Meerakker

Published online: 15 April 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20009-4

Stückelberg-interferometry with ultra-cold atoms p. 199

P. Plötz and S. Wimberger

Published online: 09 June 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-10711-6

State-dependent lattices for quantum computing with alkaline-earth-metal atoms p. 207

A.J. Daley, J. Ye and P. Zoller

Published online: 29 July 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20095-2

Highlight

Dipolar drag in bilayer harmonically trapped gases p. 219

N. Matveeva, A. Recati and S. Stringari

Published online: 04 October 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20253-6

Highlight

Large atom number dual-species magneto-optical trap for fermionic ⁶Li and ⁴⁰K atoms p. 223

A. Ridinger, S. Chaudhuri, T. Salez, U. Eismann, D.R. Fernandes, K. Magalhães, D. Wilkowski, C. Salomon and F. Chevy

Published online: 27 April 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20069-4

Optimal trapping wavelengths of Cs₂ molecules in an optical lattice p. 243

R. Vexiau, N. Bouloufa, M. Aymar, J. G. Danzl, M. J. Mark, H. C. Nägerl and O. Dulieu

Published online: 04 August 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20085-4

Magneto-optical trapping of neutral mercury p. 251

P. Villwock, S. Siol and Th. Walther

Published online: 17 May 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20064-9

Magneto-optical trapping of bosonic and fermionic neon isotopes and their mixtures: isotope shift of the ³P₂ ↔ ³D₃ transition and hyperfine constants of the ³D₃ state of ²¹Ne p. 257

T. Feldker, J. Schütz, H. John and G. Birkl

Published online: 23 June 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20068-5

Trapping of a supersonic beam in a traveling magnetic wave p. 263

A. Trimeche, M.N. Bera, J.-P. Cromières, J. Robert and N. Vanhaecke

Published online: 17 June 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20096-1

Highlight

Cavity cooling of atoms: within and without a cavity p. 273

A. Xuereb, P. Domokos, P. Horak and T. Freegarde

Published online: 17 May 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20026-3

Interaction-enhanced double resonance in cold gases p. 279

A.I. Safonov, I.I. Safonova and I.S. Yasnikov

Published online: 27 July 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20027-2

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Designing spin-spin interactions with one and two dimensional ion crystals in planar micro traps p. 285

J. Welzel, A. Bautista-Salvador, C. Abarbanel, V. Wineman-Fisher, C. Wunderlich, R. Folman and F. Schmidt-Kaler

Published online: 27 July 2011

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20098-y

EPJ

The European Physical Journal D

Volume 65 / No 1-2 (November 2011)

Topical issue on Cold Quantum Matter

Topical issue on Cold Quantum Matter

Topical issue on cold quantum matter p. 1

Production of a dual-species Bose-Einstein condensate of Rb and Cs atoms p. 3

Bose-Einstein condensation of ⁸⁷Rb in a levitated crossed dipole trap p. 11

Mean field effects on the scattered atoms in condensate collisions p. 19

Scaling of the interaction in BECs at large scattering lengths p. 25

Multimode mean-field model for the quantum phase transition of a Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical resonator p. 33

Integrability breakdown in longitudinaly trapped, one-dimensional bosonic gases p. 43

Surprising results of soliton collisions in a three component Bose Einstein condensate p. 49

Feshbach resonances in the ⁶Li-⁴⁰K Fermi-Fermi mixture: elastic versus inelastic interactions p. 55

Atom-dimer and dimer-dimer scattering in fermionic mixtures near a narrow Feshbach resonance p. 67

Repulsive polarons and itinerant ferromagnetism in strongly polarized Fermi gases p. 83

Collision of one dimensional (1D) spin polarized Fermi gases in an optical lattice p. 91

Population redistribution in optically trapped polar molecules p. 99

Stark effect measurements on the NaK molecule p. 105

Cold atom-molecule photoassociation: long-range interactions beyond the 1/Rⁿ expansion p. 113

A high phase-space density mixture of ⁸⁷Rb and ¹³³Cs: towards ultracold heteronuclear molecules p. 125

Density waves in layered systems with fermionic polar molecules p. 133

Prospects for sympathetic cooling of molecules in electrostatic, ac and microwave traps p. 141

The prospects of sympathetic cooling of NH molecules with Li atoms p. 151

Accumulation of Stark-decelerated NH molecules in a magnetic trap p. 161

Quenching vibrations of cesium dimers by He at low and ultralow temperatures: quantum dynamical calculations p. 167

On the role of the magnetic dipolar interaction in cold and ultracold collisions: numerical and analytical results for NH(³Σ⁻) + NH(³Σ⁻) p. 177

Scattering of Stark-decelerated OH radicals with rare-gas atoms p. 189

Stückelberg-interferometry with ultra-cold atoms p. 199

State-dependent lattices for quantum computing with alkaline-earth-metal atoms p. 207

Dipolar drag in bilayer harmonically trapped gases p. 219

Large atom number dual-species magneto-optical trap for fermionic ⁶Li and ⁴⁰K atoms p. 223

Optimal trapping wavelengths of Cs₂ molecules in an optical lattice p. 243

Magneto-optical trapping of neutral mercury p. 251

Magneto-optical trapping of bosonic and fermionic neon isotopes and their mixtures: isotope shift of the ³P₂ ↔ ³D₃ transition and hyperfine constants of the ³D₃ state of ²¹Ne p. 257

Trapping of a supersonic beam in a traveling magnetic wave p. 263

Cavity cooling of atoms: within and without a cavity p. 273

Interaction-enhanced double resonance in cold gases p. 279

Designing spin-spin interactions with one and two dimensional ion crystals in planar micro traps p. 285

Conference announcements

EPJ

The European Physical Journal D

Volume 65 / No 1-2 (November 2011)

Topical issue on Cold Quantum Matter

Topical issue on Cold Quantum Matter

Topical issue on cold quantum matter p. 1

Production of a dual-species Bose-Einstein condensate of Rb and Cs atoms p. 3

Bose-Einstein condensation of 87Rb in a levitated crossed dipole trap p. 11

Mean field effects on the scattered atoms in condensate collisions p. 19

Scaling of the interaction in BECs at large scattering lengths p. 25

Multimode mean-field model for the quantum phase transition of a Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical resonator p. 33

Integrability breakdown in longitudinaly trapped, one-dimensional bosonic gases p. 43

Surprising results of soliton collisions in a three component Bose Einstein condensate p. 49

Feshbach resonances in the 6Li-40K Fermi-Fermi mixture: elastic versus inelastic interactions p. 55

Atom-dimer and dimer-dimer scattering in fermionic mixtures near a narrow Feshbach resonance p. 67

Repulsive polarons and itinerant ferromagnetism in strongly polarized Fermi gases p. 83

Collision of one dimensional (1D) spin polarized Fermi gases in an optical lattice p. 91

Population redistribution in optically trapped polar molecules p. 99

Stark effect measurements on the NaK molecule p. 105

Cold atom-molecule photoassociation: long-range interactions beyond the 1/Rn expansion p. 113

A high phase-space density mixture of 87Rb and 133Cs: towards ultracold heteronuclear molecules p. 125

Density waves in layered systems with fermionic polar molecules p. 133

Prospects for sympathetic cooling of molecules in electrostatic, ac and microwave traps p. 141

The prospects of sympathetic cooling of NH molecules with Li atoms p. 151

Accumulation of Stark-decelerated NH molecules in a magnetic trap p. 161

Quenching vibrations of cesium dimers by He at low and ultralow temperatures: quantum dynamical calculations p. 167

On the role of the magnetic dipolar interaction in cold and ultracold collisions: numerical and analytical results for NH(3Σ−) + NH(3Σ−) p. 177

Scattering of Stark-decelerated OH radicals with rare-gas atoms p. 189

Stückelberg-interferometry with ultra-cold atoms p. 199

State-dependent lattices for quantum computing with alkaline-earth-metal atoms p. 207

Dipolar drag in bilayer harmonically trapped gases p. 219

Large atom number dual-species magneto-optical trap for fermionic 6Li and 40K atoms p. 223

Optimal trapping wavelengths of Cs2 molecules in an optical lattice p. 243

Magneto-optical trapping of neutral mercury p. 251

Magneto-optical trapping of bosonic and fermionic neon isotopes and their mixtures: isotope shift of the 3P2 ↔ 3D3 transition and hyperfine constants of the 3D3 state of 21Ne p. 257

Trapping of a supersonic beam in a traveling magnetic wave p. 263

Cavity cooling of atoms: within and without a cavity p. 273

Interaction-enhanced double resonance in cold gases p. 279

Designing spin-spin interactions with one and two dimensional ion crystals in planar micro traps p. 285

Conference announcements

Bose-Einstein condensation of ⁸⁷Rb in a levitated crossed dipole trap p. 11

Feshbach resonances in the ⁶Li-⁴⁰K Fermi-Fermi mixture: elastic versus inelastic interactions p. 55

Cold atom-molecule photoassociation: long-range interactions beyond the 1/Rⁿ expansion p. 113

A high phase-space density mixture of ⁸⁷Rb and ¹³³Cs: towards ultracold heteronuclear molecules p. 125

On the role of the magnetic dipolar interaction in cold and ultracold collisions: numerical and analytical results for NH(³Σ⁻) + NH(³Σ⁻) p. 177

Large atom number dual-species magneto-optical trap for fermionic ⁶Li and ⁴⁰K atoms p. 223

Optimal trapping wavelengths of Cs₂ molecules in an optical lattice p. 243

Magneto-optical trapping of bosonic and fermionic neon isotopes and their mixtures: isotope shift of the ³P₂ ↔ ³D₃ transition and hyperfine constants of the ³D₃ state of ²¹Ne p. 257