Microscopic Theory of Many-Particle Systems from Nuclear Matter to Cold Atoms

这个项目继续一个跨学科的计划，以发展多粒子系统的基本理论，从超相对论重离子碰撞和中子星中的超密集核物质到超冷原子和凝聚态物质系统。核理论将用于研究在极端温度和压力条件下形成的物质的性质，用于中子星中的物质，目的是理解观察和实验，反过来，利用中子星的观察来了解极端条件下物质的性质。这项研究在核和量子光盘问题以及冷原子系统之间建立了重要的跨学科联系，并将应用量子流体方面的专业知识来预测在橡树岭国家实验室散裂中子源的拟议实验中使用的稀氦溶液的行为，以检测中子的电偶极矩。了解物质的新状态以及它们之间的联系，可以为从宇宙中最热到最冷的多粒子系统的物质的基本特性提供广泛的知识见解。通过将学生和博士后研究员整合到一个跨越核、粒子、凝聚态和原子物理之间传统界限的多元化项目中，PI和他的同事为年轻研究人员提供了跨学科思考和创造的独特机会。在这个项目中接受培训的科学家一般都在美国大学和国家实验室以及国外的研究中产生了重大影响。

This project continues an interdisciplinary program to develop fundamental theories of many-particle systems, ranging from ultradense nuclear matter in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions and in neutron stars to ultracold atomic and condensed matter systems. Nuclear theory will be applied to study the properties of matter formed under extreme conditions of temperatures and pressures, to matter in neutron stars, with the aim of understanding observations and experiment and, conversely, using observations of neutron stars to learn properties of matter under extreme conditions. This research makes important interdisciplinary connections between nuclear and QCD problems and cold atom systems and will apply expertise in quantum fluids to predict the behavior of dilute helium solutions used in the proposed experiment at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Source to detect the electric dipole moment of the neutron.Understanding new states of matter and connections between them provides broad intellectual insights into the basic properties of matter ranging from the hottest to the coldest many-particle systems in the universe. By integrating students and post-doctoral fellows into a diverse program that crosses the traditional boundaries between nuclear, particle, condensed matter and atomic physics, the PI and his colleagues provide unique opportunities for young researchers to think and create across disciplines. The scientists trained in this program have generally gone on to have significant impact in research at U.S. universities and national laboratories, as well as abroad.