Scheda programma d'esame
CURRENT TRENDS IN QUANTUM MATTER
MARIA LUISA CHIOFALO
Anno accademico2023/24
CdSFISICA
Codice407BB
CFU3
PeriodoSecondo semestre
LinguaInglese

ModuliSettore/iTipoOreDocente/i
CURRENT TRENDS IN QUANTUM MATTERFIS/03LEZIONI18
MARIA LUISA CHIOFALO unimap
ALESSANDRO TREDICUCCI unimap
Obiettivi di apprendimento
Learning outcomes
Conoscenze

The course is conducted in English. For the whole syllabus, see the Italian-English tab.

Knowledge

At the end of the course activities, students will have enhanced their understanding of how quantum phenomena occurring in different condensed-matter and atomic-molecular systems, at bulk and nanoscale level, are interwoven.

The course comprises the discussion of a series of seminars, which will be planned every year, according to the most cutting edge quantum matter physics of the moment. Topics will include:
 - Strongly correlated many-body systems, in particular electrons and ultracold atoms
 - Fluids of light
 - Cavity modified interactions
 - Systems in reduced dimensionality
 - Driven-dissipative open quantum systems
 - Quantum metrology
 - Analog quantum systems

The seminars will be  delivered by theorists and experimentalists leading these fields of research. Overviews will be provided on concepts and tools, and on pertinent models of interacting quantum matter, with an interdisciplinary approach.

Modalità di verifica delle conoscenze

The course is conducted in English.

Assessment criteria of knowledge

The assessment is composed as follows: - 24/30 on conceptual and factual knowledge of the course topics - 6/30 on cross competences

Methods:

  • Final essay
Capacità

The course is conducted in English.

Skills
  • Enhanced understanding of quantum phenomena
  • Ability to connect different types of phenomena
  • Ability to connect theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum matter
  • Awarness about how the field of quantum matter is evolving in current-edge research
Modalità di verifica delle capacità

The course is conducted in English.

Assessment criteria of skills

The evaluation is composed as follows: - 24/30 on conceptual and factual knowledge of the course topics - 6/30 on cross competences

Methods:

  • Final essay
Comportamenti

The course is conducted in English.

Behaviors
  • Curiosity
  • Committment
  • Active involvement
  • Creative approach
  • Group working
  • Faireness during evaulation
Modalità di verifica dei comportamenti

The course is conducted in English.

Assessment criteria of behaviors

During the lecturing time, via interactions with students.

Prerequisiti (conoscenze iniziali)

The course is conducted in English.

Prerequisites

No compulsory prior courses are required. However, it can be useful to have attended or being in the course of attending theoretical or experimental courses like: solid-state physics, light-matter interaction, condensed matter and/or quantum liquids.

Indicazioni metodologiche

The course is conducted in English.

Teaching methods

Delivery: face to face

Learning activities:

  • attending lectures
  • participation in seminar
  • participation in discussions
  • individual study
  • group work
  • Laboratory work
  • ICT assisted study
  • Practical
  • Other

Attendance: Not mandatory

Teaching methods:

  • Lectures
  • Interactive learning
  • Seminar
  • Task-based learning/problem-based learning
Programma (contenuti dell'insegnamento)

The course is conducted in English.

Syllabus

Strongly correlated systems – electrons
•     Giovanni Vignale (2h) - An introduction to the theory of electron liquids in 2D systems and materials (systems with wide bands)
•      Giacomo Mazza: DMFT (4h) - An introduction to the theory of strongly correlated electron systems (systems with narrow bands)


Strongly correlated systems – ultracold atoms
•        Giovanna Morigi (4h) - Theory of ion Coulomb crystals: an unusual form of  condensed matter
 •       Giovanni Modugno (4h) - Quantum simulation of the supersolid phase of matter

Open quantum systems
 •       Jorge Yago Malo (2h) - Introduction to Open Quantum Systems
 •       Michele Campisi (2h) - Introduction to quantum thermodynamics

 

Special cross-disciplinary topics

  • Gordon Baym – Neutron Stars: from the discovery of the neutron to the Golden Age
  • Gordon Baym - Superfluids from the cosmos to the lab:from vortices in neutron stars and quark matter to searches for the neutron electric dipole moment and low mass dark matter
Bibliografia e materiale didattico

The course is conducted in English.

Bibliography

The bibliography and didactic resources are made available by each lecturer, and placed on the Teams-class space and/or the course elearning portal.

Indicazioni per non frequentanti

The course is conducted in English.

Non-attending students info

Follow the material organized on the elearning page of the course and the Teams class-space.

Modalità d'esame

The course is conducted in English.

Assessment methods

Oral exam, consisting of a dissertation on a preliminarly agreed topic.

Note

The course is conducted in English.

Notes

An additional and optional set of seminars is offered from QFC22 Conference https://agenda.infn.it/event/28726/. In particular, the following keynote speeches, lasting 1 h each, can be recommended:
 •       Gordon Baym - Mark Kasevich - Monika Schleier-Smith

Ultimo aggiornamento 18/07/2023 19:30