New forms of matter with ultracold atoms: synthetic magnetic fields and supersolidity - Wolfgang Ketterle (MIT)

The properties of ultracold atoms can be profoundly modified with the help of laser beams. In this way, synthetic magnetic fields and spin-orbit coupling have been realized, and a supersolid phase has been observed. A supersolid is superfluid and breaks translational symmetry, i.e. it has shape.

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