Research Highlights (2019)22 October 2019|ILP SchmelcherUnderstanding electron scattering with ultra-long-range Rydberg moleculesPhoto: AG SchmelcherUltra-long-range Rydberg molecules consist of a highly excited Rydberg atom with a loosely bound electron and at least one atom in its ground state...25 September 2019|ILP SchmelcherQuench Dynamics and Orthogonality Catastrophe of Bose PolaronsPhoto: AG SchmelcherMobile impurities immersed in a surrounding quantum many-body environment are dressed by the collective excitation of the latter forming...19 September 2019|ILP SchmelcherQuantum Network Transfer and Storage with Compact Localized States Induced by Local SymmetriesPhoto: AG SchmelcherQuantum computers have the potential to drastically speed up several important computational tasks. The computational strength of quantum computers...1 February 2019|IQP SchmelcherLong-range Rydberg molecules align in magnetic fields even when their electronic orbital is spherically symmetricPhoto: AG SchmelcherA long-range Rydberg molecule (LRM) forms when a neutral ground-state atom enters the electronic orbital of a Rydberg atom, where the attractive...25 January 2019|IQP SchmelcherTaming polar active matter with moving substrates: directed transport and counterpropagating macrobandsPhoto: AG SchmelcherActive matter consists of self-propelled units generating an intrinsically nonequilibrium situation, allowing for the spontaneous emergence of...
