Robert J. Thompson

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — United States

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

26h-index3.9kcitations164works3.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates(58), Advanced Frequency and Time Standards(40), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research(33), Quantum optics and atomic interactions(22), Quantum Information and Cryptography(20)

Publications164 total

Evaporative-cooling dynamics and stability of a continuous Bose-Einstein-condensate source
Physical review. A/Physical review, A·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Quantum gravity gradiometry for future mass change science
EPJ Quantum Technology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
NASA’s Cold Atom Laboratory: Five Years of Quantum Science in Space
Springer aerospace technology·2024· 1 cited
Fundamental physics in space
Elsevier eBooks·2024
Contributors
Elsevier eBooks·2024Open Access
Pathfinder experiments with atom interferometry in the Cold Atom Lab onboard the International Space Station
Nature Communications·2024· 21 citedOpen Access
‘April showers’ – a rainfall scientist explains what they are and why they are becoming more intense
2024
The Study of Quantum Phenomena with the Cold Atom Lab in Microgravity 
2024Open Access
Interferometry of Atomic Matter Waves in the Cold Atom Lab onboard the International Space Station
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Quantum gas mixtures and dual-species atom interferometry in space
Nature·2023· 35 citedOpen Access
Quantum atomic matter near two-dimensional materials in microgravity
Quantum Science and Technology·2023Open Access
Quantum Gas Mixtures and Dual-Species Atom Interferometry in Space
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
Operating a Quantum Gas Research Facility on the ISS
2023
NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory: Four Years of Quantum Science Operations in Space
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Designing Amphiphilic Conjugated Polyelectrolytes for Self-Assembly into Straight-Chain Rod-like Micelles
Macromolecules·2023· 6 cited
Exploring the limits of ultracold atoms in space
Quantum Science and Technology·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Why forecasting snow is so difficult in the UK
2023
Quantum Atomic Matter Near Two-Dimensional Materials in Microgravity
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
A space-based quantum gas laboratory at picokelvin energy scales
Nature Communications·2022· 53 citedOpen Access
Five things you probably have wrong about rain
2022
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Frequent Co-authors

David C. Aveline(11), H. J. Kimble(8), Ethan Elliott(8), James M. Kohel(8), Lute Maleki(7), James R. Kellogg(6), Nathan Lundblad(6), Gerhard Rempe(5), Jason Williams(5), Anthony Illingworth(5), C. A. Sackett(5), William Klipstein(5), S. Etemad(4), Nan Yu(4), N. P. Bigelow(4), Matteo Sbroscia(4), Norman Lay(3), Kamal Oudrhiri(3), Nan Yu(3), Naceur Gaaloul(3)