News
In the Press
Atoms find quantum solace in the deep chill of space
New Scientist (November 17, 2011) [PDF]
Shedding light on ultracold reactions in space
Royal Society of Chemistry (November 15, 2011)
Plan for ‘nuclear clock’ unveiled
Physics World (May 28, 2010)
Lab Updates & Photos
Feb 2010: MOTION trap is working
Jan 2010: CaMOT + Ion trap finished
August 2009: MOT under construction
July 22-26, 2009: ALS Run II was a success. Th:LiCAF now being fabricated at LANL.
Scott ca. 1am @ the ALS
July 2009: BaCl+ ions trapped by Wade!
June 2009: Continuous beam deceleration paper is out.
May 2009: Paper on usuing the optical transition in the 229Th nucleus as a solid-state frequency reference posted to arXiv.
April 2009: Molecular ion project is funded by the NSF.
March 2009: Molecular ion cooling paper is out.
January 2009: Thorium-229 project is funded by the UCOP LRP!
Day One: Saturday morning group meetings are instituted.
