CdSFISICA
Codice407BB
CFU3
PeriodoSecondo semestre
LinguaInglese
The course is conducted in English. For the whole syllabus, see the Italian-English tab.
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.
The course is conducted in English.
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
The course is conducted in English.
- 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
The course is conducted in English.
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
The course is conducted in English.
- Curiosity
- Committment
- Active involvement
- Creative approach
- Group working
- Faireness during evaulation
The course is conducted in English.
During the lecturing time, via interactions with students.
The course is conducted in English.
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.
The course is conducted in English.
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
The course is conducted in English.
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
The course is conducted in English.
The bibliography and didactic resources are made available by each lecturer, and placed on the Teams-class space and/or the course elearning portal.
The course is conducted in English.
Follow the material organized on the elearning page of the course and the Teams class-space.
The course is conducted in English.
Oral exam, consisting of a dissertation on a preliminarly agreed topic.
The course is conducted in English.
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