Ultracold ion-atom experiments: cooling, chemistry, and quantum effects

Abstract

Experimental setups that study laser-cooled ions immersed in baths of ultracold atoms merge the two exciting and well-established fields of quantum gases and trapped ions. These experiments benefit both from the exquisite read-out and control of the few-body ion systems as well as the many-body aspects, tunable interactions, and ultracold temperatures of the atoms. However, combining the two leads to challenges both in the experimental design and the physics that can be studied. Nevertheless, these systems have provided insights into ion-atom collisions, buffer gas cooling of ions and quantum effects in the ion-atom interaction. This makes them promising candidates for ultracold quantum chemistry studies, creation of cold molecular ions for spectroscopy and precision measurements, and as test beds for quantum simulation of charged impurity physics. In this review we aim to provide an experimental account of recent progress and introduce the experimental setup and techniques that enabled the observation of quantum effects.

arXiv commentReview article, 83 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables

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