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Dr Aidan Arnold

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Personal statement

I have been working in atomic physics for thirty years. As a  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’s first ,Ìý, and  – with particular impact in Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌý. I also lead experiments in thermal atomic vapours: Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌý. In addition to my experimental work, I have  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

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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)
Heine Hendrik, , Le Gonidec Melanie S, , , Herr Waldemar, Rasel Ernst M
New Journal of Physics Vol 27 (2025)
, , Yamsiri Anoma, , , Sweeney Stephen
Measurement: Sensors Vol 38 (2025)
Bregazzi Alan, , , ,
Physical Review Letters Vol 134 (2025)
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AIP Conference Proceedings Vol 3230 (2024)

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Professional Activities

Examiner
2025
Examiner
2025
Speaker
2025
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2025
Speaker
2024
Examiner
2024

Projects

Arnold, Aidan (Principal Investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator)
13-Jan-2025 - 12-Jan-2027
Hastie, Jennifer (Principal Investigator) Arnold, Aidan (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)
01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2028
Arnold, Aidan (Principal Investigator) Riis, Erling (Co-investigator) Vohnikova, Veronika (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

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Dr Aidan Arnold
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Physics

Email: aidan.arnold@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted