3 papers
cond-mat.other2026
Measuring impurity-induced shifts in Coulomb crystallization
Mingyao Xu, Aaron A. Smith, Leonid Prokhorov +2
We report a laboratory measurement of how impurities shift Coulomb crystallization in a strongly interacting ionic system. This is achieved by using laser cooled Ca crystals do…
astro-ph.IM2025
Detecting milli-Hz gravitational waves with optical resonators
G. Barontini, X. Calmet, V. Guarrera +2
We propose a gravitational wave detector based on ultrastable optical cavities enabling the detection of gravitational wave signals in the mostly unexplored Hz frequenc…
cond-mat.quant-gas2025
Observation of Fermi acceleration with cold atoms
G. Barontini, V. Naniyil, J. P. Stinton +6
Cosmic rays are deemed to be generated by a process known as ``Fermi acceleration", in which charged particles scatter against magnetic fluctuations in astrophysical plasmas. The p…