Quantum Phase Transitions in Cold Atoms and Low Temperature Solids

Quantum Phase Transitions in Cold Atoms and Low Temperature Solids
ISBN-10
1441981799
ISBN-13
9781441981790
Category
Science
Pages
234
Language
English
Published
2011-06-28
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Author
Kaden Richard Alan Hazzard

Description

The primary focus of this thesis is to theoretically describe nanokelvin experiments in cold atomic gases, which offer the potential to revolutionize our understanding of strongly correlated many-body systems. The thesis attacks major challenges of the field: it proposes and analyzes experimental protocols to create new and interesting states of matter and introduces theoretical techniques to describe probes of these states. The phenomena considered include the fractional quantum Hall effect, spectroscopy of strongly correlated states, and quantum criticality, among others. The thesis also clarifies experiments on disordered quantum solids, which display a variety of exotic phenomena and are candidates to exhibit so-called "supersolidity." It collects experimental results and constrains their interpretation through theoretical considerations. This Doctoral Thesis has been accepted by Cornell University, Ithaca, USA.

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