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Tim Langen

@timlangen.bsky.social
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Professor of quantum physics at TU Wien | Formerly @JILAscience & @unistuttgart. Fellow of @yacadeuro & @IQSTpress, editorial board at @NJPhysics, funding by @ERC_research.

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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🚀 Turns out cold molecules are rocket science after all! In our new preprint we use PICLas, a software developed by our friends at University of Stuttgart for applications in aerospace engineering, to explore the complex dynamics inside cryogenic buffer-gas sources for molecules. lnkd.in/dxUXqMsh
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
How can molecules help us peek inside the nucleus? 🔬 For years, it has been known that molecules can serve as extraordinarily sensitive probes of fundamental physics. Following the remarkable progress in molecular searches for the electron's electric dipole moment (eEDM), ...
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
How much does the shape of dipolar interactions matter? ✨ New preprint! Using large-scale quantum Monte Carlo simulations, we show that the angular structure of microwave-induced interactions in polar #molecules reshapes the many-body phase diagram, not just the overall interaction strength!
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
@tuwien.at @univie.ac.at @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social @istaresearch.bsky.social @lmu.de @oeaw.bsky.social @fwf-at.bsky.social #QNNECT #Quantum #LongRangeInteractions Pictures by Ilma Lolic.
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Looking forward to the collaboration, the science, and the discoveries ahead. Thomas Pohl | Francesca Ferlaino | Julian Leonard | Hannes Bernien | Hannes Pichler | Annabelle Bohrdt | Andreas Nunnenkamp
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Together with outstanding colleagues from multiple institutions, we are embarking on a journey to better understand highly connected quantum systems with long-range interactions and their potential for #quantum simulation.
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
A great start to an exciting new research adventure! Last week, we officially launched QNNECT, our new Austrian Science Fund FWF-funded Special Research Area (SFB), with a kickoff event at @tuwien.at
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Polar molecules feature much stronger dipole moments than magnetic atoms—but what frontiers can we realistically explore with molecular Bose-Einstein condensates? 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2512.14511 We review this open question and the exciting possibilities in the field, from few- to many-body physics ...
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Freude, schöner Götterfunken! 🇪🇺 I’m thrilled to share that my research group will soon be supported by an ERC Consolidator Grant from the @ERC — my third ERC grant! 🎉 In this project, we will be working towards precision measurements of parity violation using cold #molecules.
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Glad to share the news of our newly funded Special Research Area (SFB) of the @fwf-at.bsky.social. QNNECT will be a collaborative project on neutral-atom hashtag#quantum systems with high connectivity — spanning Rydberg atoms, atoms in cavities, magnetic atoms, and polar molecules.
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
You got yourself complex #molecules to laser cool and want to find the best laser configuration for cooling? Use our #python package MoleCool: arxiv.org/abs/2510.16203 As a bonus example: how to (or maybe not to) laser cool radioactive radium monofluoride molecules!
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Recently had the pleasure of giving an invited talk at the ESNT Workshop on "Theoretical and experimental developments for symmetry-violating nuclear properties" at @cea.fr Saclay! @tuwien.at | @fwf-at.bsky.social | #quantum
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
A new PhD graduate from the Cold Molecules group! Huge congratulations to Felix Kogel for successfully defending his PhD with the highest distinction! Felix's doctoral hat includes an interactive replica of the #lasercooling experiment for new types of #precisionmeasurements described in his thesis!
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Fantastic workshop on Ultracold Molecules at Warsaw University, organized by Simon Cornish and @michaltomza.bsky.social! Greatly enjoyed joining as a speaker and panelist - amazing talks & discussions, and a real sense that #molecules are one of the most exciting areas of quantum science today!
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
My timelines are usually filled with pictures of either #quantum physics or mountains. What a unique opportunity to combine them both! Approaching @apsphysics.bsky.social's #DAMOP2025 meeting in Portland, flying in right over the crater rim of Mt. St. Helens, with Mt. Adams in the background.
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Two new preprints with colleagues from @rug.nl, @uchicagopsd.bsky.social and @jhu.edu arxiv.org/pdf/2506.10940 arxiv.org/abs/2506.12972 #quantum | @tuwien.at
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Ich habe kürzlich zu zwei Artikeln im neuen Sammelband "Physik: Erkenntnisse und Perspektiven" der Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft beigetragen. Darin fassen über 200 Physikerinnen und Physiker gemeinsam viele faszinierenden Aspekte der modernen #Physik zusammen.
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I recently had the honor of delivering my official inaugural lecture as a professor at @tuwien.at. It was a fantastic opportunity to share my group’s research in #quantum science and technology and connect with colleagues, students, and friends. I'm excited for what lies ahead!
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
New crystal morphologies for #dipolar quantum matter Dipolar atoms and molecules naturally self-assemble into droplet crystals, but did you know these #droplets can further transition into flawless monolayer crystals when interactions become strong enough? See here: arxiv.org/abs/2504.02682
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Two levels are great for qubits, but molecules can take it to the next level—currently 112 of them, to be exact. We've controlled this complexity to realize laser cooling of previously intractable 137BaF molecules, preparing them for sensitive tests of the Standard Model. arxiv.org/abs/2501.16095
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Less is more: how to optimize the laser light for the laser cooling of complex molecules. arxiv.org/abs/2501.10725 First new preprint of 2025! #coldmolecules #quantum #lessismore #serrodynes
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Enjoying a morning walk to teach my lecture at TU Wien's Master’s program in #Quantum Information Science and Technology. No, this is not the lecture hall - but it's only a short walk away. Join us next semester! For details, see here: informatics.tuwien.ac.at/master/quant... #fuTUrefit
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Together with Tanya Zelevinsky, Sebastian Will and Tijs Karman we are organizing a summer workshop on Cold #Molecules for Fundamental Physics and Many-Body #Quantum Science at Aspen Center For Physics. Join us to learn about and contribute to the latest developments in this exciting field!
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 09/08/2024
A very pleasant surprise: My final lecture course held at @unistuttgart.bsky.social last summer term has been awarded with a teaching award for the best elective course in #physics. Great to receive this #award the second time in a row! #quantum | #teaching | #wequantum
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 24/07/2024
Had a great time at University of Cambridge for the ICAP satellite conference on Cold Atoms and #Molecules for Fundamental Physics. manybody.phy.cam.ac.uk/ICAPSatellite Thanks to Tiffany Harte and Ulrich Schneider for a fabulous workshop!
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 24/07/2024
New preprint with colleagues from Barcelona and Nijmegen, providing insights into self-bound #molecular #droplets in the strongly dipolar regime! arxiv.org/abs/2407.09391 Will #quantum Monte Carlo simulations play a similar role for molecular quantum gases as eGPE did for magnetic atoms?
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 04/06/2024
Also check out the talk by lead author Felix Kogel at #DAMOP2024 on Wednesday morning in session "F08: Laser Cooling of Molecules". There's also a poster in Thursday"s evening poster session! #quantum #coldmolecules
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 04/06/2024
New paper: Bring on the rare molecular isotopologues! For atoms, laser cooling is frequently used to cool different isotopes, or even collect rare isotopes. In our latest paper, we demonstrate such selective cooling for molecules for the first time! arxiv.org/abs/2406.01569
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 16/05/2024
The big BaF chill: heavy barium monofluoride molecules are getting cold! See our latest preprint for a new approach to implement #laser #cooling for this and other complex molecular species. #coldmolecules #quantum arxiv.org/abs/2405.09427
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 29/04/2024
It was a pleasure to represent TU Wien and the #Atominstitut at the inauguration of the new #COSINUS experiment at Gran Sasso National Lab. Great achievement by Karoline Schaeffner, Florian Reindl and their collaboration - exciting #darkmatter science ahead for them! lnkd.in/gawMeeXa
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
Directors Stefanie Barz and Fedor Jelezko opening #IQSTSymposium2024, celebrating 10 years of interdisciplinary #quantum research in Baden-Württemberg. IQST | Uni Stuttgart | Uni Ulm | MPI-FKF | Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung | Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg | THE LÄND
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
I have recently joined TU Wien as a professor and head of the research division on Cold #Molecules and #Quantum Technologies. We have several openings from undergrad to PostDoc level in beautiful Vienna! Visit us at: www.coldmolecules.eu Image: mRGB_stock.adobe.com
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 15/12/2023
New paper in @PhysRevA with the last missing pieces of the puzzle for efficient laser cooling of barium monofluoride molecules: journals.aps.org/pra/abstract... #quantum #coldmolecules
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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
Recordings of my lecture course on #dipolar physics from the #LesHouches Cold Atoms School 2023 on #Ultracold #Molecules are now available online: videos.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/video/28021-... videos.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/video/28043-... videos.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/video/28059-...
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