Group News (2022)18 October 2022|AG WeitenbergSearching for scalar field dark matter with hyperfine transitions in alkali atomsPhoto: adapted from PRD 107, 015008 (2023)The nature of dark matter is one of the largest unsolved problems in modern physics and precision measurements with cold atoms might be able to detect...19 September 2022|AG WeitenbergInternational Conference on Machine Learning in Natural Sciences in HamburgPhoto: Christof Weitenberg, UHHMachine learning is emerging as a vital tool in the natural sciences enabling new breakthroughs, e.g. in protein folding, material discovery, or...11 July 2022|AG WeitenbergMulti-frequency optical lattice for dynamic lattice-geometry controlPhoto: UHHWe have developed a new scheme for tunable optical lattices that can switch, ramp or modulate between a honeycomb, boron-nitride and triangular...19 April 2022|AG WeitenbergFormation of Spontaneous Density-Wave Patterns in dc Driven LatticesPhoto: adapted fromPhys. Rev. X 12, 021014 (2022)In a collaboration with the theory group of Ludwig Mathey, we have observed and explained surprising density-wave patterns, which form in BECs in...
