
Who We Are
Our independent Max Planck Research Group led by Richard Schmidt is located at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany. Our research focus lies at the intersection of theoretical solid state and atomic physics. We are particularly interested in systems that feature a strong interplay of few- and many-body physics and aim to gain a deeper understanding of its significance for the dynamics, spectroscopic and transport properties of quantum matter realized in ultracold atomic gases and semiconducting materials.
Research Interests
Ultracold Quantum Gases
Rydberg Gases
Bose-Fermi Mixtures
Quantum Impurities
Efimov Physics
Functional Methods
Functional Renormalization Group
Functional Determinant Approach
Quantum Field Theory
Variational Methods
Quantum Dynamics
Dephasing and Decoherence
Orthogonality Catastrophe
Polaron Formation
Angulon Dynamics
Two-Dimensional Materials
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Exciton-Electron Interactions
Polaronic Properties
Optical Response
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News
Observation of Rydberg Polarons: One atom to rule them all
03/20/2018Our work on the observation and detailed theoretical description of Rydberg polarons has been published in the Physical Review Letters and Physical Review A. The simplest neutral diatomic molecule, H2, is made of two hydrogen atoms. One can imagine trying to add more hydrogen atoms to build larger [read more]New Paper Published: Dynamics of Magnetic Polarons
02/20/2018Our joined work on the dynamics of magnetic polarons with Yuto Ashida (Tokyo University), Leticia Tarruell (ICFO Barcelona) and Eugene Demler (Harvard University) is now published in Phys. Rev. B as a Rapid Communication. Here the link to the [read more]Paper accepted on Efimov physics
02/07/2018Our work on three-body bound Efimov states close to Feshbach resonances with finite background scattering lengths has been accepted in Phys. Rev. A. The work was done in collaboration with Wilhelm Zwerger and Christian Langmack (TU Munich). You can find the preprint [read more]Reports on Progress in Physics published
01/08/2018Our work on the dynamics of heavy impurities interacting with a Fermi gas at zero and finite temperature is now published in the review journal “Reports on Progress in Physics”. You find our article here: Rep. Prog. Phys. 81, 024401 (2018) In this work we study the dynamical response of [read more]
Selected Publications and Preprints
- F. Camargo, R. Schmidt, J. D. Whalen, R. Ding, G. Woehl Junior, S. Yoshida, J. Burgdörfer, F. B. Dunning, H. R. Sadeghpour, E. Demler, and T.C. Killian, Creation of Rydberg Polarons in a Bose Gas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 083401 (2018).
- R. Schmidt, M. Knap, D. A. Ivanov, J.-S. You, M. Cetina and E. Demler, Universal many-body response of heavy impurities coupled to a Fermi sea: a review of recent progress, Rep. Prog. Phys. 81, 024401 (2018).
- A. Mazurenko, C. S. Chiu, G. J. Ji, M. F. Parsons, M. Kanasz-Nagy, R. Schmidt, F. Grusdt, E. Demler, D. Greif, and M. Greiner, A cold-atom Fermi–Hubbard antiferromagnet, Nature 545, 462 (2017).
- M. Cetina, M. Jag, R. S. Lous, I. Fritsche, J. T. M. Walraven, R. Grimm, J. Levinsen, M. M. Parish, R. Schmidt, M. Knap, and E. Demler, Ultrafast many-body interferometry of impurities coupled to a Fermi sea, Science 354, 96 (2016).
- R. Schmidt, H. Sadeghpour, and E. Demler, A mesoscopic Rydberg impurity in an atomic quantum gas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 105302 (2016).
- R. Schmidt, and M. Lemeshko, Rotation of Quantum Impurities in the Presence of a Many-Body Environment, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 203001 (2015).