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Coordinates: 40°00′27″N 105°16′06″W

JILA
JILA, formerly known as the Joint Institute for
JILA
Laboratory Astrophysics,[1] is a physical science research
institute in the United States. JILA is located on the University
of Colorado Boulder campus. JILA was founded in 1962 as a
joint institute of The University of Colorado Boulder and the
National Institute of Standards & Technology.

Contents
Research
Staff
References
External links

Research The JILA tower at the University of

Colorado
JILA is one of the nation’s leading research institutes in the Parent University of
physical sciences. The world's first Bose-Einstein Condensate institution Colorado Boulder
was created at JILA by Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman in 1995.
National Institute of
The first frequency comb demonstration was led by John L.
Hall at JILA. The first demonstrations of a Fermionic Standards and
condensate and BEC-BCS crossover physics were done by Technology
Deborah S. Jin. Established 1962

JILA's members hold faculty appointments in the Focus Physical sciences

Departments of Physics; Astrophysical and Planetary Science; Chair Konrad Lehnert
Chemistry and Biochemistry; and Molecular, Cellular, and
Formerly Joint Institute for
Developmental Biology as well as Engineering. JILA’s
called Laboratory
Quantum Physics Division of NIST members hold joint faculty
appointments at CU in the same departments. Astrophysics
Location Boulder, Colorado,
Research at JILA addresses fundamental scientific questions U.S.
about the limits of quantum measurements and technologies,
the design of precision optical and X-ray lasers, the Coordinates 40°00′27″N
fundamental principles underlying the interaction of light and 105°16′06″W
matter, the role of quantum physics in chemistry and biology, Website jila.colorado.edu (htt
and the processes that have governed the evolution of the p://jila.colorado.edu)
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

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awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics,[2][3] while Deborah Jin was previously awarded a MacArthur
Fellowship.[4] Each year, JILA scientists publish more than 200 original research papers in
national and international scientific journals and conference proceedings.[5]

References
1. Julie Philips (July 2012). JILA: The First Fifty Years (https://jila.colorado.edu/sites/default/files/u
ploads/jila_at_50_spreads.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 2020-01-30.
2. Ouellette, Jennifer (2020-06-15). "Chilling out: Physicists create exotic "fifth form of matter" on
board the ISS" (https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/a-chilling-first-physicists-create-exotic
-fifth-form-of-matter-on-board-the-iss/). Ars Technica.
3. "Boulder's David Wineland accepts Nobel Prize for physics" (https://www.denverpost.com/201
2/12/10/boulders-david-wineland-accepts-nobel-prize-for-physics/). The Denver Post. 2012-12-
10.
4. Chang, Kenneth (2016-09-16). "Deborah S. Jin Dies at 47; Physicist Studied Matter in Extreme
Cold" (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/science/deborah-jin-obituary.html). The New York
Times.
5. "About JILA" (https://jila.colorado.edu/about/about-jila). JILA Website. Retrieved 2015-06-10.

External links
Official website (https://jila.colorado.edu/)

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