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kmadison

I am an Associate Prof. in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of British Columbia.

Invariance of quantum scattering rate coefficients to anisotropy of atom-molecule interactions

By kmadison on January 3, 2026

Xuyang Guo, Kirk W. Madison, James L. Booth, and Roman V. Krems Invariance of quantum scattering rate coefficients to anisotropy of atom-molecule interactions Phys. Rev. A 113, 012801; arXiv:2507.03801

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Competing excitation quenching and charge exchange in ultracold Li-Ba+ collisions

By kmadison on December 18, 2024

Xiaodong Xing, Pascal Weckesser, Fabian Thielemann, Tibor Jónás, Romain Vexiau, Nadia Bouloufa-Maafa, Eliane Luc-Koenig, Kirk W Madison, Andrea Orbán, Ting Xie Competing excitation quenching and charge exchange in ultracold Li-Ba+ collisions Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 57 245201 (2024)

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A magnetically silent optically pumped magnetometer for a neutron electric dipole moment experiment

By kmadison on November 2, 2024

W. Klassen, S. Ahmed, K. Pond Grehan, C. Hovde, K.W. Madison, R.R. Mammei, J.W. Martin, M. McCrea, T. Mohammadi, T. Momose, P. Opsahl, D. Ostapchuk A magnetically silent optically pumped magnetometer for a neutron electric dipole moment experiment The European Physical Journal C, xxxxx (2024), arXiv:2405.08696

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Boundaries of universality of thermal collisions for atom-atom scattering

By kmadison on November 2, 2024

Xuyang Guo, Kirk W. Madison, James L. Booth, and Roman V. Krems Boundaries of universality of thermal collisions for atom-atom scattering Phys. Rev. A 110, 063317 (2024), arXiv:2409.00273 This “Boundaries of universality” paper was chosen by PRA for their Highlights page.

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Revising the Universality Hypothesis for Room-temperature Collisions

By kmadison on November 2, 2024

James L. Booth, and Kirk W. Madison Revising the Universality Hypothesis for Room-temperature Collisions Phys. Rev. A 110, 052802 (2024), arXiv:2406.17065

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Explorations of universality in ultra-cold and room-temperature collisions

By kmadison on April 3, 2024

Erik Frieling Explorations of universality in ultra-cold and room-temperature collisions Doctor of Philosophy, Dissertation – April 2024 || UBC-Circle Link to dissertation

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Cross-calibration of atomic sensors for pressure metrology

By kmadison on April 2, 2024

Erik Frieling, Riley A. Stewart, James L. Booth, and Kirk W. Madison Cross-calibration of atomic sensors for pressure metrology AVS Quantum Sci. 6, 024404 (2024), arxiv:2312.15446

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Trapped-particle evolution driven by residual gas collisions

By kmadison on March 22, 2024

Avinash Deshmukh, Riley A. Stewart, Pinrui Shen, James L. Booth, and Kirk W. Madison Trapped-particle evolution driven by residual gas collisions Phys. Rev. A 109, 032818 (2024), arxiv:2310.04583

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Optimizing photoassociation signals in small magneto-optical traps and evaporative cooling schemes for shallow optical dipole traps

By kmadison on October 3, 2023

Sudhang Varshney Optimizing photoassociation signals in small magneto-optical traps and evaporative cooling schemes for shallow optical dipole traps Master of Science, Thesis – October 2023 || UBC-Circle Link to thesis

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Progress towards a portable cold-atom pressure standard

By kmadison on October 3, 2022

Perrin Waldock Progress towards a portable cold-atom pressure standard Master of Applied Science, Thesis – October 2022 || UBC-Circle Link to thesis

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It’s pretty hard to measure nothing, but these engineers are getting close

By kmadison on August 8, 2022

Rahul Rao It’s pretty hard to measure nothing, but these engineers are getting close Popular Science, Aug 8, 2022

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