Job Description
PDRA in theoretical atomic and molecular physics - Durham
Applications are invited for two Postdoctoral Research Associates in theoretical atomic and molecular physics, to work in association with Prof Jeremy M Hutson, FRS, on the quantum mechanics involved in the formation and properties of ultracold molecules. The theoretical work is associated with EPSRC-funded research grants on:
· Leveraging Yb clock states to form lattices of ²Σ CsYb molecules
· Quantum many-body physics with ultracold polar molecules
· Controlling collisions between laser-cooled molecules and atoms
The grants are in collaboration with the experimental groups of Prof Simon Cornish (Durham) and Prof Michael Tarbutt (Imperial College London), together with many-body physicists in London and Birmingham. We also have active collaborations with leading experimental and theoretical groups around the world. The UK experimental groups have already succeeded in forming ultracold polar RbCs and CaF molecules in their absolute ground states at temperatures around 1 microKelvin, and explored their interactions and collisions. We are now developing the use of these and other ultracold molecules for quantum science.
Further details of the research group are available at and a description of recent research achievements and current projects is available in a link from there.
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