Watch Deborah Jin’s Newton lecture on ultracold gases

By Hamish Johnston

A few weeks ago Deborah Jin was in London to accept the 2014 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics. As is the custom, Jin also delivered the Institute’s Newton Lecture for 2014, which was called “Ultracold gases”. This is an apt title because Jin is an undisputed master in the control and study of gases that have been cooled to temperatures within a whisker of absolute zero.

Jin is based at JILA in Colorado and one of her many claims to fame is being the first to create a fermionic condensate of ultracold atoms, which she describes in her lecture. She also introduces the “Feschbach resonance”, which is a phenomenon that gives Jin and other physicists exquisite control over interactions between atoms in ultracold gases.

Now, you can watch Jin’s lecture in its entirety. It is a lively romp throught the field at just the right level for the non-expert physicist and is must-see for anyone interested in the physics of ultracold gases.