Julia Steinberger – MIT
“Trapping and Probing Ultracold Hydrogenic Atoms”
The Ultracold Hydrogen Group at MIT is starting it’s third decade of experimental investigations. We confine hydrogen in a cryo-magnetic trap, and use forced evaporation to attain the ultracold regime of Bose Einstein condensation. We probe the atomic gas using the 1S-2S two-photon transition, and measure quantities such as the peak density and temperature of our sample. I will describe exciting recent experiments and ambitious plans for the future.