Quantum Many-Body Dynamics of Ultracold Quantum Gases

超冷量子气体的量子多体动力学

• 批准号: 1067973
• 负责人: Lincoln Carr
• 金额: $ 5.03万
• 依托单位: Colorado School of Mines
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1067973&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Quantum; Many; Body; Dynamics; Ultracold

Quantum many-body dynamics is a theoretically and computationally intensive field that pushes the limits of quantum theory; the highly flexible systems presented in experiments on ultracold atoms and molecules allow one to directly address foundational questions in the field. Ultracold molecules have applications in quantum computing and in high precision physics. The intellectual merit of this project is to develop the theory of ultracold molecules towards realistic realizations of such ideas in experiments. The theoretical methods range from mainly pencil and paper mathematical techniques to high performance computing using dedicated on-campus facilities.We plan a multi-faceted approach to meet broader impact goals. First, American Physical Society meetings will continue to be organized as well as other national and international conferences. Second, large numbers of undergraduate researchers will be trained via the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) senior design (senior thesis) program and combined BS/MS program, increasing the number of highly trained engineers and physical scientists to meet the present needs of the U.S. Third, as part of assigned teaching duties at CSM, physics education research will be conducted in graduate electromagnetism, in order to improve teaching of this key topic in physics, and the results will be disseminated nationally. Fourth, an accepting, diverse environment will continue to be fostered within the research group to support underrepresented groups in physics. Fifth and finally, the training of students in rigorous numerical techniques and high-performance parallel computing is key to success in a number of arenas in society, from the space program to global climate change. This project will train such students, and support a PI involved in that effort from the undergraduate through post-doctoral levels.

量子多体动力学是一个理论和计算密集的领域，它突破了量子理论的极限；在超冷原子和分子的实验中提出的高度灵活的系统允许人们直接解决该领域的基本问题。超冷分子在量子计算和高精度物理中有应用。这个项目的智力价值在于发展了超冷分子理论，使这些想法在实验中得到了现实的实现。理论方法的范围从主要的纸笔数学技术到使用专用校园设施的高性能计算。我们计划采取多方面的方法来满足更广泛的影响目标。首先，将继续举办美国物理学会会议以及其他国家和国际会议。其次，将通过科罗拉多矿业学院(CSM)的高级设计(高级论文)计划和BS/MS相结合的计划培养大量本科生研究人员，增加训练有素的工程师和物理学家的数量，以满足美国目前的需求。第三，作为CSM分配的教学任务的一部分，将在研究生电磁学领域开展物理教育研究，以改善这一关键物理主题的教学，并将成果在全国传播。第四，将继续在研究小组内营造一个接受的、多样化的环境，以支持物理学中代表性不足的群体。第五，也是最后一点，学生在严格的数值技术和高性能并行计算方面的培训是在从空间计划到全球气候变化等社会领域取得成功的关键。该项目将培训这样的学生，并支持从本科生到博士后阶段参与这一努力的PI。