Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems: Publications

The most up-to-date lists of preprints and publications can be found at my google scholar and arXiv pages.

Tangi Legrand, Xin Wang, Milena Simić, Florian Pausewang, Wolfgang Alt, Eduardo Uruñuela, Matthew T. Eiles, and Sebastian Hofferberth “Revealing Electron-Ytterbium Interactions through Rydberg Molecular Spectroscopy” https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20609
Markus Exner, Rohan Srikumar, Richard Blättner, Peter Schmelcher, H. R. Sadeghpour, Matthew T. Eiles, and Herwig Ott “Observation of spin singlet butterfly Rydberg molecules in an ultracold atomic Rb gas” https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.21620
Aileen A. T. Durst, Seth. T. Rittenhouse, Hossein R. Sadeghpour, and M. T. Eiles “Anisotropic and non-additive interactions of a Rydberg impurity in a quantum bath” https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01497
Nikolay Yegovtsev, T. Alper Yoğurt, M. T. Eiles, and Victor Gurarie “Unified theory of attractive and repulsive polarons in one-dimensional Bose gas” Physical Review A 113, L041306

Rohan Srikumar, Markus Exner, Richard Blättner, Peter Schmelcher, M. T. Eiles, and Herwig Ott "Vibrationally highly excited trilobite molecules stabilized by nonadiabatic coupling." Physical Review Research 7, 043103
Markus Exner, Rohan Srikumar, Richard Blättner, M. T. Eiles, Peter Schmelcher, and Herwig Ott "High Precision Spectroscopy of Trilobite Rydberg Molecules." Physical Review Letters 134, 223401
T. Alper Yoğurt and M. T. Eiles "Analytical study of a finite-range impurity in a one-dimensional Bose gas." Physical Review A 112, 053306
T. Alper Yoğurt and M. T. Eiles “Quasiparticle properties of long-range impurities in a Bose condensate” Physical Review A 112, 063313 (2025)
Alexander Guttridge, Tom R. Hepworth, Daniel K. Ruttley, Aileen A. T. Durst, M. T. Eiles, and Simon L. Cornish “Individual Assembly of Two-Species Rydberg Molecules Using Optical Tweezers.” Physical Review Letters 134, 133401
Aileen A. T. Durst, Milena Simić, Neethu Abraham, and M. T. Eiles "Non-adiabatic couplings as a stabilization mechanism in long-range Rydberg molecules." Physical Review A 111, 032811
Agata Wojciechowska, Michał Tomza, and M. T. Eiles "Ultralong-range Rydberg molecules of Hg atoms." Physical Review A 111, 042816
Abhijit Pendse, Sebastian Wüster, M. T. Eiles, and Alexander Eisfeld “Transferring vibrational states of trapped atoms via a Rydberg electron” New Journal of Physics 27 043010

Aileen A. T. Durst and M. T. Eiles "Phenomenology of a Rydberg impurity in an ideal Bose Einstein condensate." Physical Review Research 6, L042009
Daniel J. Bosworth, M. T. Eiles, and Peter Schmelcher "Metastable doubly-charged Rydberg molecules." Physical Review Research 6, 043164
M. T. Eiles and F. Hummel "Kato's theorem and ultralong-range Rydberg molecules." Physical Review A 109, 022811
M. T. Eiles, C. W. Wächtler, A. Eisfeld, and J. M. Rost "Topological edge states in a Rydberg composite." Physical Review B 109, 075422

F. Hummel, P. Schmelcher, and M. T. Eiles "Vibronic interactions in trilobite and butterfly Rydberg molecules." Physical Review Research 5, 013114
O. Bulancea-Lindvall, M. T. Eiles, N. T. Son, I. A. Abrikoxov, and V. Ivády "Isotope purification induced reduction of spin relaxation and spin coherence times in semiconductors." Physical Review Applied 19, 064046
O. Bulancea-Lindvall, M. T. Eiles, N. T. Son, I. A. Abrikoxov, and V. Ivády "Low-Field Microwave-Free Magnetometry Using the Dipolar Spin Relaxation of Quartet Spin States in Silicon Carbide." Physical Review Applied 19, 034006
M. T. Eiles, A. Eisfeld, and J. M. Rost "Anderson Localization of a Rydberg electron." Physical Review Research 5, 033032
C. H. Greene and M. T. Eiles "Green's function treatment of Rydberg molecules with spins." Physical Review A 108, 042805

Preprint: P. Giannakeas, M. T. Eiles, L. Alonzo, F. Robicheaux, and J. M. Rost "Probing ultracold gases using photoionization spectroscopy" arXiv:2111.11767
G. Abumwis, C. W. Wächlter, M. T. Eiles, and A. Eisfeld "Coherently delocalized states in dipole interacting Rydberg ensembles: the role of internal degeneracies" Physical Review A 104, 013311
F. Hummel, M. T. Eiles, and P. Schmelcher "Synthetic Dimension-Induced Conical Intersections in Rydberg Molecules" Physical Review Letters 127, 023003

P. Giannakeas, M. T. Eiles, F. Robicheaux, and J. M. Rost "Dressed ion-pair states of an ultralong-range Rydberg molecule" Physical Review Letters 102, 123401
P. Giannakeas, M. T. Eiles, F. Robicheaux, and J. M. Rost "Generalized local frame transformation theory for ultralong-range Rydberg molecules" Physical Review A 102, 033315
A. L. Hunter, M. T. Eiles, A. Eisfeld and J. M. Rost "Rydberg Composites" Physical Review X 10, 031046
G. Abumwis, M. T. Eiles, A. Eisfeld "Delocalization in two- and three-dimensional Rydberg gases" Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 53, 124003
G. Abumwis, M. T. Eiles, A. Eisfeld "Extended coherently delocalized states in a frozen Rydberg gas" Physical Review Letters 124, 193401
M. T. Eiles, C. Fey, F. Hummel, and P. Schmelcher "Triatomic butterfly molecules" Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 53, 054001
M. T. Eiles, A. L. Hunter, and J. M. Rost "Ring Rydberg composites" Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 53, 054001

M. T. Eiles,"Trilobites, butterflies, and other exotic specimens of long-range Rydberg molecules"Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 52, 113001

M. T. Eiles, "Formation of long-range Rydberg molecules in two-component ultracold gases" Physical Review A 98, 042706
M. T. Eiles and C. H. Greene, "Extreme correlation and repulsive interactions in highly excited atomic alkali anions" Physical Review Letters 121, 133401
M. T. Eiles, Z. Tong, and C. H. Greene,"Theoretical prediction of the creation and observation of a ghost trilobite chemical bond" Physical Review Letters 121, 113203 // Chosen as an editors suggestion and featured in physics // PRL cover image // Nature research highlight

M. T. Eiles, H. Lee, J. Pérez-Ríos, and C. H. Greene, "Anisotropic blockade using long-range Rydberg molecules", Physical Review A 95, 052708 // Figure selected for PRA Kaleidoscope.
M. T. Eiles and C. H. Greene,"Hamiltonian for the inclusion of spin effects in long-range Rydberg molecules" Physical Review A 95, 042515

J. Pérez-Ríos, M. T. Eiles, and C. H. Greene, "Mapping trilobite state signatures in atomic hydrogen" Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 49, 14LT01 // Chosen for IOP select.
M. T. Eiles, J. Pérez-Ríos, F. Robicheaux, and C. H. Greene, "Ultracold molecular Rydberg physics in a high density environment" Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 49, 114005 // JPhys+ "Image of the week"

M. T. Eiles and C. H. Greene,"Ultracold long-range Rydberg molecules with complex multi-channel spectra", Physical Review Letters 115, 193201

P. L. Gonthier, M. G. Baring, M. T. Eiles, Z. Wadiasingh, C. A. Taylor, and C. J. Fitch, "Compton scattering in strong magnetic fields: Spin-dependent influences at the cyclotron resonance", Physical Review D 90, 043014