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Correlation in quantum systems
| Project type: | Research Project |
| Programme: | Mathematics and... |
| Call: | Mathematik und … Call 2007 |
| Start: | 01.01.2008 |
| Duration: | 4,00 years |
| Grant awarded: | 446.000 € |
| Keywords: | Quantum Physics, Quantum Information, Correlation, Entanglement, Entropy, few electron systems, MCTDHF, ultracold fermions, ultracold bosons |
Alex D. Gottlieb
Wolfgang Pauli Institute
| Project partners: | Norbert J. Mauser (Wolfgang Pauli Institute) Jörg Schmiedmayer (Vienna University of Technology, Atomic Institute) Armin Scrinzi (Vienna University of Technology, Photonics Institute) Frank Verstraete (Austrian Academy of Science, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information) |
Concepts of correlation in quantum systems are very important in several branches of physics. The “correlation energy” is a concept of quantum chemistry responsible for most of the chemical behavior of small molecules. Mysterious phases of condensed matter are attributed to “correlation.”
With the advent of ultrafast laser spectroscopy, correlated motion of electrons in atoms has becomes something that can be inferred from experiment. The concept of “entanglement” between disjoint quantum systems is a kind of “correlation” central to quantum information processing. At the center of the project is the quest for a mathematical understanding of “quantum correlation” relevant to the purposes and concepts of modern quantum mechanics. The first stages of this proposal promise immediate benefits for the study ultracold gases of fermions and bosons.
| Project's website: | www.alexgottlieb.com/ |
