EUCAN - the UK contribution to a European cold atom network

冷原子物理学是1997年和2001年诺贝尔奖的主题。它是物理学中发展最快、扩展最快的领域之一，极大地增强了我们完全控制单个原子的运动和量子态的能力。我们正在寻求资金，通过加强与欧洲同事的联系来支持英国冷原子社区。交流访问，会议和暑期学校将使我们在未来三年内在最高水平上讨论冷原子物理学的技术和科学方面;这将有助于确保来自英国以外的任何新想法或技术迅速有效地被我们的社区吸收。研究生研究的学生将获得更广泛和更深入的培训，而不是通过单独的研究小组，这将使他们受益匪浅。在英国，我们希望在冷原子物理界和凝聚态物理界之间建立联系。朝着这个方向迈出的第一步是举行一次会议，使这两个社区走到一起。

Cold atom physics was the subject of the 1997 and the 2001 Nobel prizes. It is one of the fastest moving and most rapidly expanding fields in physics and has greatly enhanced our ability to gain complete control of the motion and quantum states of individual atoms.We are seeking funds that will support the UK cold-atom community through fostering stronger links with European colleagues. Exchange visits, conferences and summer schools will allow us for the next three years to discuss at the highest level the technical and scientific aspects of cold atom physics; this will help ensure that any new ideas or techniques from outside the UK are quickly and effectively absorbed by our community. Post graduate research students will benefit enormously from gaining access to a broader and deeper training than is possible through individual research groups.Within the UK we wish to form a link between the cold atom physics community and the condensed matter community. The first step in this direction is to hold a meeting to bring these two communities together.