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Physics & Astronomy Quantum/Nano Seminar-Prof. Chris Herdman, Middlebury College

Title: "Entanglement in Bosonic Quantum Fluids"

Tuesday, October 26, 2021
4:00pm – 5:00pm
In-person: Wilder 102 / Via Zoom (email for link & password)
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Lectures & Seminars

Abstract: Entanglement is a fundamental feature of quantum mechanics and a physical resourcefor quantum information processing algorithms. The entanglement structure of quantummatter has been shown to reveal fundamental physical characteristics of such quantummany-body systems. In this talk, I will discuss how the scaling of entanglement inbosonic fluids can display physical properties of these phases of matter. Using exactmicroscopic numerical simulations, I will present evidence of a leading order “area law”scaling of entanglement in superfluid helium-4. Additionally, I will present numericalevidence of signatures of Goldstone bosons in sub-leading terms of the entanglementscaling of a superfluid. Finally, I will discuss how to quantify the operationally accessi-ble entanglement of bosons given the physical restriction of particle number conservation.

For more information, contact:
Tressena Manning
603-646-2854

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