Emergent quantum phenomena in ultracold matter with artificial gauge fields

规范场在我们对物理学的现代理解中处于核心地位。它们是许多复杂物质状态的起源，包括量子霍尔材料、拓扑绝缘体和超固体，这些材料在未来的技术中具有潜在的应用。该项目旨在利用人工设计的规范场来探索在超冷原子气体中出现的这些奇异的量子态。与固态系统不同，在固态系统中，材料结构的所有细节都不是确切可控的，甚至是未知的，而超冷系统前所未有的可控性提供了一个独特的机会，可以获得与规范领域相关的关键物理见解，并推动基础物理和应用方面的研究。

Gauge fields are central in our modern understanding of physics. They are at the origin of many sophisticated states of matter including quantum Hall materials, topological insulators and supersolids that have potential applications in future technologies. This project aims to explore these exotic quantum states emerging in ultracold atomic gases with artificially engineered gauge fields. Unlike the solid-state systems, in which all details of the material structure are not controlled or even not known with certainty, the unprecedented controllability of the ultracold system provides a unique opportunity to gain key insights on the physics related to the gauge fields, and to advance the studies in both fundamental physics and applications.