EXOTIC PHASES OF QUANTUM MATTER

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EXOTIC PHASES OF QUANTUM MATTER
Group
Research
Boris Svistunov Nikolay Prokofiev Evgeny
Kozik Barbara Capogrosso-Sansone Karen
Balabanyan Gunes Soyler
Gambling most of the time!
- Monte Carlo simulations - Strongly
correlated states of Bosons Fermions -
Critical phenomena - superfluidity, vortex
dynamics - mechanisms of decoherence
Collaborations
Systems
CSI CUNY ETH, Zurich UBC, Vancouver, Canada U.
Alberta, Edmonton, Canada U. Trento, Italy U.
Innsbuck, Austria Station Q, Microsoft Harvard MIT
Ultra-cold gases Helium Spin lattices Polarons Qua
ntum dots Statistical models Atom tunneling .
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SUPERSOLID HE
Grain boundary superfluidity in the experimental
setup by Sasaki et al. 06
Dissipationless mass flow through the crystal
bulk
Grain boundaries in helium solid are superfluid!
Computers perception of this problem
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COLD ATOMS
DESIGNED QUANTUM MATTER NEUTRON STAR IN THE
LABORATORY
T down to 100 nK
Neutron star normal-superfluid transition
temperature
Computers perception of this problem
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We are looking for good graduate students
straight A in ALL theory courses, good math,
independent study/course work in superfludity
Monte Carlo methods
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