Low-dimensional quantum gases in curved geometries

A Tononi, L Salasnich - Nature Reviews Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Atomic gases confined in curved geometries are characterized by distinctive features that
are absent in their flat counterparts, such as periodic boundaries, local curvature and …

Shell-shaped atomic gases

A Tononi, L Salasnich - Physics Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
We review the quantum statistical properties of two-dimensional shell-shaped gases,
produced by cooling and confining atomic ensembles in thin hollow shells. We consider …

Perspective on quantum bubbles in microgravity

N Lundblad, DC Aveline, A Balaž… - Quantum Science …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Progress in understanding quantum systems has been driven by the exploration of the
geometry, topology, and dimensionality of ultracold atomic systems. The NASA Cold Atom …

Supersolid phases of bosonic particles in a bubble trap

M Ciardi, F Cinti, G Pellicane, S Prestipino - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Confinement can have a considerable effect on the behavior of particle systems and is
therefore an effective way to discover new phenomena. A notable example is a system of …

Gas-to-soliton transition of attractive bosons on a spherical surface

A Tononi, GE Astrakharchik, DS Petrov - AVS Quantum Science, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the ground-state properties of N bosons with attractive zero-range
interactions characterized by the scattering length a> 0 and confined to the surface of a …

Quantum vortices in curved geometries

A Tononi, L Salasnich, A Yakimenko - AVS Quantum Science, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The control over the geometry and topology of quantum systems is crucial for advancing
novel quantum technologies. This work provides a synthesis of recent insights into the …

Microgravity facilities for cold atom experiments

M Raudonis, A Roura, M Meister, C Lotz… - Quantum Science …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Microgravity platforms enable cold atom research beyond experiments in typical laboratories
by removing restrictions due to the gravitational acceleration or compensation techniques …

Triangular vortex lattices and giant vortices in rotating bubble Bose-Einstein condensates

AC White - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
We show that three-dimensional spherical-shell condensates respond to rotation by forming
two aligned triangular Abrikosov-like vortex lattices on each hemispherical surface. The …

Quantum gases in bubble traps

R Dubessy, H Perrin - AVS Quantum Science, 2025 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents a review and perspective on quantum gases in bubble traps. We
emphasize how the idea of realizing shell-shaped condensates emerged and was enabled …

Controlled expansion of shell-shaped Bose–Einstein condensates

P Boegel, A Wolf, M Meister… - Quantum Science and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Motivated by the recent experimental realization of ultracold quantum gases in shell
topology, we propose a straightforward implementation of matter-wave lensing techniques …