JILA, formerly known as the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, is a
physical science research institute in the United States. JILA is located on the
University of Colorado Boulder
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campus. JILA was founded in 1962 as a joint institute of The University of Colorado Boulder and the
National Institute of Standards & Technology
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.
Research
JILA is one of the nation’s leading research institutes in the physical sciences. The world's first
Bose-Einstein Condensate was created at JILA by
Eric Cornell and
Carl Wieman in 1995. The first
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demonstration was led by
John L. Hall at JILA. The first demonstrations of a
Fermionic condensate and BEC-BCS crossover physics were done by
Deborah S. Jin.
JILA's members hold faculty appointments in the Departments of Physics; Astrophysical and Planetary Science; Chemistry and Biochemistry; and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology as well as Engineering. JILA’s Quantum Physics Division of NIST members hold joint faculty appointments at CU in the same departments.
Research at JILA addresses fundamental scientific questions about the limits of quantum measurements and technologies, the design of precision optical and X-ray lasers, the fundamental principles underlying the interaction of light and matter, the role of quantum physics in chemistry and biology, and the processes that have governed the evolution of the Universe for nearly 14 billion years.
Staff
JILA's current faculty includes two
Nobel laureates—
Eric Cornell and
John L. Hall—and two
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellows—
Margaret Murnane and
Ana Maria Rey.
David J. Wineland and
Carl Wieman, both previous affiliated with NIST and JILA respectively, were also awarded the
Nobel Prize in Physics, while
Deborah Jin was previously awarded a
MacArthur Fellowship
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. Each year, JILA scientists publish more than 200 original research papers in national and international scientific journals and conference proceedings.
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Research institutes in Colorado
University of Colorado Boulder
National Institute of Standards and Technology