U.S.-Brazil Cooperative Research: Breaking of Discrete Symmetries in Many Body Systems

这个美洲项目奖将支持北卡罗来纳州立大学的加里·E·米切尔博士与巴西圣保罗大学的马希尔·侯赛因博士合作。该项目的目的是通过测量一个模仿混沌行为的系统--石英块中的声学共振--来研究量子混沌。通过研究一个表现出混沌行为的实验系统，研究人员打算解决量子力学中的一些悬而未决的问题，这些问题可能会揭示核物理的基本过程。该项目将利用最近在圣保罗建立的一个实验项目，并结合美国团队在分析量子混沌特征的核光谱方面的专业知识。这项合作将通过促进研究生和博士后研究员的交流而具有教育意义。

0112421MitchellThis Americas Program award will support Dr. Gary E. Mitchell, North Carolina State University in collaboration with Dr. Mahir Hussein of the Universidad de Sao Paulo in Brazil. The aim of the project is to study quantum chaos through measurement of a system that mimics chaotic behavior - acoustic resonances in quartz blocks. By studying an experimental system exhibiting chaotic behavior, the researchers intend to address some open questions in quantum mechanics that may shed light on fundamental processes in nuclear physics. The project will take advantage of a recently established experimental program in Sao Paulo and combine the expertise of the US group in analyzing nuclear spectra for signatures of quantum chaos. The collaboration will have an educational component by promoting the exchange of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.