JILA
University of Colorado Boulder
The wide-ranging interests of scientists at JILA has defined it as one of the nation's leading research institutes in the physical sciences. JILAns explore some of today's most challenging and fundamental scientific questions about quantum physics, the design of precision optical and X-ray lasers, the fundamental principles underlying the interaction of light and matter, and processes that have governed the evolution of the Universe for nearly 14 billion years. Research topics range from the small, frigid world governed by the laws of quantum mechanics through the physics of biological and chemical systems to the processes that shape the stars and galaxies.