Dr Aidan Arnold
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Physics
Personal statement
Personal statement
I have been working in atomic physics for thirty years. As a聽 with I turned an empty optical table into the first Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in the UK in two years (Guardian 8/10/1998). Other leading roles were the world鈥檚 first ,听, and聽聽鈥� with particular impact in聽听补苍诲听. I also lead experiments in thermal atomic vapours: 听补苍诲听. In addition to my experimental work, I have 聽on theoretical projects both as sole author and collaboratively.
My undergraduate studies (BSc(Hons) in Mathematics, and in Physics) were carried out at the in my hometown of Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 12/2025
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Publications
- Cannon Rachel, , , ,
- EPJ Quantum Technology Vol 13 (2026)
- , , Pickering L, , , , Johnson M Y H, Henderson V A, ,
- Optics Express Vol 34, pp. 26526-26534 (2026)
- Agnew Nicola, Lowit David,
- EPJ Quantum Technology Vol 13 (2026)
- , Agnew Nicola, Yamsiri Anoma, , , Sweeney Stephen
- Measurement: Sensors Vol 38 (2026)
- Agnew Nicola, , , ,
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences Vol 384 (2026)
- , , Puente Andrew R, , Love Andrew J, Polavarapu Prasad L, Barron Laurence D, , ,
- Journal of Physical Chemistry A Vol 129, pp. 11884-11887 (2025)
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Professional Activities
- Examiner
- 2025
- Examiner
- 2025
- Speaker
- 2025
- Examiner
- 2025
- Speaker
- 2024
- Examiner
- 2024
Projects
- Arnold, Aidan (Principal Investigator)
- student - James Taylor
- 01-Jan-2026 - 30-Jan-2030
- Arnold, Aidan (Principal Investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 30-Jan-2029
- Arnold, Aidan (Principal Investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator)
- 13-Jan-2025 - 12-Jan-2027
- Hastie, Jennifer (Principal Investigator) Arnold, Aidan (Co-investigator) Cameron, Robert (Co-investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator) Ingleby, Stuart (Co-investigator) McGilligan, James Patrick (Co-investigator) Riis, Erling (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2029
- Griffin, Paul (Principal Investigator) Arnold, Aidan (Co-investigator) Smith, Samuel Alexander (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
- Arnold, Aidan (Principal Investigator) Riis, Erling (Co-investigator) Vohnikova, Veronika (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028