Soft Matter and Complex Systems Seminar

In modern experiments with ultracold atoms, systems with a precise number of particles, finely tuneable interactions, and confined in any geometry are studied routinely. New twist to the field has been recently introduced by the long-range dipole-dipole interactions between atoms with a high magnetic moment. In particular, a celebrated roton, best known from the superfluid helium, and exotic quantum droplets can be found in such systems in lower dimensions. I will briefly discuss these intriguing quantum states emerging due to an interplay between short-range and long-range interactions.