Disordered quantum gases under control

TL;DR

This paper discusses how ultracold atomic gases can serve as versatile quantum simulators to explore the complex effects of disorder on superconductivity and quantum magnetism, offering new insights into disordered quantum systems.

Contribution

It highlights recent progress in ultracold gases as quantum simulators for studying disorder effects, opening new experimental and theoretical avenues.

Findings

Ultracold gases enable controlled studies of disorder effects.

Potential to resolve longstanding questions in disordered quantum systems.

New experimental platforms for simulating disordered condensed matter phenomena.

Abstract

When attempting to understand the role of disorder in condensed-matter physics, one faces severe experimental and theoretical difficulties and many questions are still open. Two of the most challenging ones, which have been debated for decades, concern the effect of disorder on superconductivity and quantum magnetism. Recent progress in ultracold atomic gases paves the way towards realization of versatile quantum simulators which will be useful to solve these questions. In addition, ultracold gases offer original situations and viewpoints, which open new perspectives to the field of disordered systems.