Dysprosium publications

2026

Effects of intertube dipole-dipole interactions in nearly integrable one-dimensional 162Dy gases

Y. Zhang, K. Yang, B. L. Lev, and M. Rigol

Physical Review A 113, 023314 (2026)

arXiv:2510.05212

2024

Phantom energy in the nonlinear response of a quantum many-body scar state

K. Yang, Y. Zhang, K.-Y. Li, K.-Y. Lin, S. Gopalakrishnan, M. Rigol, and B. L. Lev

Science 385, 1063 (2024)

arXiv:2308.11615

2023

Rapidity and momentum distributions of one-dimensional dipolar quantum gases

K.-Y. Li, Y. Zhang, K. Yang, K.-Y. Lin, S. Gopalakrishnan, M. Rigol, and B. L. Lev

Physical Review A 107, L061302 (2023)

arXiv:2211.09118

Selected as a Letter and an Editors' Suggestion.

Dipolar physics: a review of experiments with magnetic quantum gases

L. Chomaz, I. Ferrier-Barbut, F. Ferlaino, B. Laburthe-Tolra, B. L. Lev, and T. Pfau

Reports on Progress in Physics 86, 026401 (2023)

arXiv:2201.02672

2021

Topological pumping of a 1D dipolar gas into strongly correlated prethermal states

W. Kao, K.-Y. Li, K.-Y. Lin, S. Gopalakrishnan, and B. L. Lev

Science 371, 296 (2021)

arXiv:2002.10475

News coverage:

Stanford News: Stanford physicists find new state of matter in a one-dimensional quantum gas

APS DAMOP Highlight: The Turn of the Screw

2018

Thermalization near integrability in a dipolar quantum Newton's cradle

Y. Tang, W. Kao, K.-Y. Li, S. Seo, K. Mallayya, M. Rigol, S. Gopalakrishnan, and B. L. Lev

Physical Review X 8, 021030 (2018)

arXiv:1707.07031

See the Science Editors' Choice: “Watching magnetic atoms thermalize”.

See Science News (Quantum Physics): “A tiny version of this physics toy is revealing quantum secrets”.

See the APS Physics Synopsis: “Pathway to Quantum Thermalization”.

See the Nature Physics Research Highlight: “Towards thermalization”.

See the Stanford News article: “Toy inspires experiment on behavior of quantum systems”.

Tuning the dipole-dipole interaction in a quantum gas with a rotating magnetic field

Y. Tang, W. Kao, K.-Y. Li, and B. L. Lev

Physical Review Letters 120, 230401 (2018)

arXiv:1803.10867

2017

Anisotropic dependence of tune-out wavelength near Dy 741-nm transition

W. Kao, Y. Tang, N. Burdick, and B. L. Lev

Optics Express 25, 3411 (2017)

arXiv:1609.02111

2016

Anisotropic collisions of dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates in the universal regime

N. Q. Burdick, A. G. Sykes, Y. Tang, and B. L. Lev

New Journal of Physics 18, 113004 (2016)

arXiv:1607.06743

See accompanying Perspective "Smashing Magnets" by Igor Ferrier-Barbut.

Anisotropic expansion of a thermal dipolar Bose gas

Y. Tang, A. G. Sykes, N. Q. Burdick, J. M. DiSciacca, D. S. Petrov, and B. L. Lev

Physical Review Letters 117, 155301 (2016)

arXiv:1606.08856

Viewpoint: An Arrested Implosion

L. D. Carr and B. L. Lev

APS Physics 9, 55 (2016)

Long-lived spin-orbit-coupled degenerate dipolar Fermi gas

N. Q. Burdick, Y. Tang, and B. L. Lev

Physical Review X 6, 031022 (2016)

arXiv:1605.03211

2015

s-wave scattering lengths of the strongly dipolar bosons ¹⁶²Dy and ¹⁶⁴Dy

Y. Tang, A. Sykes, N. Burdick, J. Bohn, and B. L. Lev

Physical Review A 92, 022703 (2015)

arXiv:1506.03393

Erratum: Physical Review A 93, 059905(E) (2016).

Bilayer fractional quantum Hall states with dipoles

N. Y. Yao, S. D. Bennett, C. R. Laumann, B. L. Lev, and A. V. Gorshkov

Physical Review A 92, 033609 (2015)

arXiv:1505.03099

Bose-Einstein condensation of ¹⁶²Dy and ¹⁶⁰Dy

Y. Tang, N. Burdick, K. Baumann, and B. L. Lev

New Journal of Physics 17, 045006 (2015)

arXiv:1411.3069

Special Issue: Focus on New Frontiers of Cold Molecules Research

Fermionic suppression of dipolar relaxation

N. Q. Burdick, K. Baumann, Y. Tang, M. Lu, and B. L. Lev

Physical Review Letters 114, 023201 (2015)

arXiv:1407.3842

2014

Observation of low-field Fano-Feshbach resonances in ultracold gases of dysprosium

K. Baumann, N. Q. Burdick, M. Lu, and B. L. Lev

Physical Review A, Rapid Communications, 89, 020701(R) (2014)

arXiv:1312.6401

2013

Synthetic gauge field with highly magnetic lanthanide atoms

X. Cui, B. Lian, T.-L. Ho, B. L. Lev, and H. Zhai

Physical Review A, Rapid Communications 88, 011601(R) (2013)

arXiv:1303.6004

2012

Quantum Degenerate Dipolar Fermi Gas

M. Lu, N. Q. Burdick, and B. L. Lev

Physical Review Letters 108, 215301 (2012)

arXiv:1202.4444

Selected as an Editors' Suggestion and featured in a Physics Viewpoint.

An atomic interface between microwave and optical photons

M. Hafezi, Z. Kim, S. Rolston, L. Orozco, B. L. Lev, and J. Taylor

Physical Review A, Rapid Communications 85, 020302(R) (2012)

2011

Strongly Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensate of Dysprosium

M. Lu, N. Q. Burdick, S.-H. Youn, and B. L. Lev

Physical Review Letters 107, 190401 (2011)

arXiv:1108.5993

Dynamic polarizabilities and magic wavelengths for dysprosium

V. A. Dzuba, V. V. Flambaum, and B. L. Lev

Physical Review A 83, 032502 (2011)

Spectroscopy of a narrow-line laser cooling transition in atomic dysprosium

M. Lu, S.-H. Youn, and B. L. Lev

Physical Review A 83, 012510 (2011)

arXiv:1009.2962

2010

Dysprosium magneto-optical traps

S.-H. Youn, M. Lu, U. Ray, and B. L. Lev

Physical Review A 82, 043425 (2010)

Anisotropic sub-Doppler laser cooling in dysprosium magneto-optical traps

S.-H. Youn, M. Lu, and B. L. Lev

Physical Review A 82, 043403 (2010)

Trapping ultracold dysprosium: A highly magnetic gas for dipolar physics

M. Lu, S.-H. Youn, and B. L. Lev

Physical Review Letters 104, 063001 (2010)

Nature Research Highlights article “Dazzling dysprosium,” February 25, 2010.

PhysicsWorld.com news report “Ultracold magnetic atoms bode well for quantum studies,” February 18, 2010.

Powerful narrow-line source of blue light for laser cooling Yb/Er and Dysprosium atoms

S. Kobtsev, B. Lev, J. Fortagh, and V. Baraulia

Proc. of SPIE 7578, 75782F-1 (2010)

2009

Biaxial nematic phases in ultracold dipolar Fermi gases

B. Fregoso, K. Sun, E. Fradkin, and B. L. Lev

New Journal of Physics 11, 103003 (2009)