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The year 1962 marked the formation of JILA as a joint institute between the University of Colorado and the National Institute of Standards & Technology. This partnership created JILA, formerly known as the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics.
Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman achieved a historic milestone in 1995 by creating the world's first Bose-Einstein condensate at the facility. This state of matter behaves differently than solids or liquids and exists near absolute zero temperature.
John L. Hall led the first frequency comb demonstration at the site to revolutionize how researchers measure time and light frequencies. Precision optical lasers emerged from these efforts to define exact wavelengths and track atomic transitions with unprecedented accuracy.
Margaret Murnane and Ana Maria Rey serve as MacArthur Fellows within this group. Their diverse backgrounds allow complex problems to be solved together across Physics, Chemistry, and Biology departments.
Scientists investigate processes that governed the evolution of the Universe and track changes occurring over nearly 14 billion years. Quantum physics plays a role in chemistry and biology studies while designing precision optical lasers helps answer these cosmic questions.