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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Math 288 - Probability Seminar

Kay Kirkpatrick

UIUC

Bose-Einstein condensation and quantum many-body systems

Abstract:

Near absolute zero, a gas of quantum particles can condense into an unusual state of matter, called Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC), that behaves like a giant quantum particle. The rigorous connection has recently been made between the physics of the microscopic many-body dynamics and the mathematics of the macroscopic model, the cubic nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLS). I'll discuss recent progress with Gerard Ben Arous and Benjamin Schlein on a central limit theorem for the quantum many-body systems, a step towards large deviations for Bose-Einstein condensation.

Hosts: Bruce Driver and Todd Kemp

March 15, 2012

10:00 AM

AP&M 6402

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