Many Body Correlations in a Bose Fermi Gas

This project aims to create a degenerate Fermi gas of metastable helium atoms, which we will use to study some basic properties of elementary quantum systems. The unique properties of helium provide access to a new experimental observable: many-body correlation functions. Expected outcomes are a new demonstration of the Pauli exclusion principle, where no two Fermions can be in the same location, and revealing the fundamental correlations that underlie many-body quantum systems. Correlations between Fermions underpin many effects in physics, such as high temperature superconductivity and quantum magnetism. This knowledge will have an influence on the development of new quantum technologies, such as quantum computers.