Supersolids are a new form of quantum matter that has only recently been demonstrated. The state of matter can be produced artificially in ultracold, dipolar quantum gases. A team led by Innsbruck physicist Francesca Ferlaino has now demonstrated a missing hallmark of superfluidity, namely the existence of quantized vortices as system’s response to rotation. They have observed tiny quantum vortices in the supersolid, which also behave differently than previously assumed.
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On Wednesday evening, the daily newspaper “Die Presse” honored personalities who have made outstanding achievements in their field over the past year at the Austria 24 Gala in Vienna. In the “Research” category, the Innsbruck quantum physicist Francesca Ferlaino was named “Austrian of the Year”.
Research achievements of women in the past and present are made visible in an exhibition of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), which opened yesterday at the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Innsbruck. It will be on display until the end of October.
Past week, the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information in Innsbruck celebrated its 20th anniversary. Many leading minds in quantum physics came to Innsbruck to celebrate this anniversary together with Innsbruck's physicists. On Friday, the public was invited to take a look into the quantum world at an open day.
Experimental physicist Uroš Delić was awarded one of the prestigious START prizes in Vienna today, the highest Austrian award for young scientists. He will carry out his project on interacting quantum systems, endowed with around 1.2 million euros, as a junior group leader at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Innsbruck.