Quantum simulators: a gate to the quantum many-body world
by
Jonas Larson(Nordita)
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Europe/Stockholm
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Description
In 1982, Richard Feynman argued that the superior way to
simulate a quantum many-body system is to use a "computer"
that is inherently quantum mechanical. Some two decades
later, Feynman's "computer" became reality. More precisely, the advent of laser
cooling to the nK regime of atomic gases allows for controlled
studies of quantum many-body phenomena. Today, ultracold
atomic gases in optical lattices or chains of trapped ions
can mimic otherwise experimentally inaccessible theories
of condensed matter physics. This interdisciplinary field
has indeed emerged as one of the most active ones during the last decade.
I will present a brief introduction to the general ideas and
give a couple of examples of my own research interests.
