Physics of Quantum Degenerate Ytterbium Atomic Gases : new stage of diversity

本研究以Yb原子为研究对象，它与目前大多数研究中常用的碱金属原子有很大不同，具有独特的性质。这项研究的目的是利用Yb原子实现全新的量子简并系统，并探索其新的可能性。特别是，我们试图通过研究玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚态和费米简并、玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚和费米简并与Yb原子轨道角动量的亚稳态的混合物来实现各种量子简并系统的多组分混合，并揭示其新的性质。

This study focuses ytterbium (Yb) atoms which are quite different from popular alkali-metal atoms so far used in most previous studies and have unique properties. The purpose of this study is to realize completely new quantum degenerate system using Yb atoms and the exploration of its new possibilities. In particular, we try to realize multi-component mixtures of various quantum degenerate systems and to reveal the novel properties by studting the mixture of Bose-Einstein condensate and Fermi degeneracy, Bose-Einstein condensates and Fermi degeneracy with the metastable states with an orbital angular momentum of Yb atoms.