Quantum simulations: from condensed matter to high energy models
by
Ignacio Cirac(MPI)
→
Europe/Stockholm
FR4 (Kleinsalen)
FR4 (Kleinsalen)
Description
Many-body quantum systems are very hard to describe and simulate in
general, since the dimension of the state space grows exponentially with
the number of particles, volume, etc. Cold atoms in optical lattices as well as
trapped ions may help us in that task, as one can engineer the interactions
among the atoms in order to emulate many-body quantum problems. In this talk I will briefly
summarize proposals to simulate condensed matter as well as high energy
physics models with those systems. I will also show how photonic crystal structures
can be used to design subwavelength optical lattices in two dimensions for ultracold atoms,
potentilally achieving a better peformance than current experimental set-ups.