Theory Team 2023

Theory Team 2023

Vortices in a dysprosium gas

Vortices in a dysprosium gas

By stirring the magnetic field which polarizes the atoms in a dysprosium condensate, we were able to generate vortices–tiny quantum tornadoes–in a dipolar gas for … Keep Reading…

Linear supersolid formation

Linear supersolid formation

Simulation of an interaction quench in a cigar trap

Nonlinear crystal growth

Nonlinear crystal growth

Simulation of 2D supersolid formation

Real-Time Simulation

Real-Time Simulation

GPE-Simulation of applying a Bragg-Pulse to a BEC

Real-Time Simulation

Real-Time Simulation

GPE-Simulation of the rephasing of a scrambled Supersolid state

THEORY GROUP

In our theory group, we utilise state-of-the-art methods to model the experiments of the ERBIUM and Er-Dy LABs, and provide assistance in guiding future experiments into the exciting phenomena not yet explored in dipolar quantum gases. The first major project of the theory group was to understand two-dimensional supersolidity, and we developed variational methods to investigate ideal scenarios moving from one- to two-dimensional droplet arrays, and new finite temperature theory to investigate evaporative cooling directly into the supersolid phase. This led to the first observation of a 2D supersolid in a circular trap. With the erbium lab, we recently developed a discrete-one-dimensional model for strongly dipolar gases in a 1D lattice, elucidating new droplet and soliton phases in this system, explaining the observations from the erbium experiment.

Most recently, our focus has been on the study of two-component dipolar systems, and the nature of supersolidity in these systems, and relating the supersolid phase expected in neutron stars to the ones producible in the Ferlaino labs!

If you want to learn more about the Theory group, you can find more info in the publications and/or contact us.

Lab news
Welcome to Leonardo, who has joined the Theory team as PhD Student. Leonardo joined us from the Vienna University of Technology, where he collaborated together with Dr. Helmut Eberl and an international team.
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Welcome to Tanausú Hernández Yanes,  who is visiting us for 6 months. Tanausú  is PhD student at the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFPAN) and obtained the scholarship NAWA PRELUDIUM BIS 1 from the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange to work with us.
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Welcome to Dr. Luca Barbiero, who is visiting us as LFUI Guest Professor. Luca is Asssistent Professor at Politecnico di Torino and will visit us for two months during October and November 2023.
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Lab Team

Francesca Ferlaino, Univ.-Prof. Dr.

Group Leader / PI

Manfred Mark, Dr.

Senior Scientist / Research Assistant

Russell Bisset, Dr.

External Collaborator (UQMT)

Thomas Bland, Dr.

Post-Doc (Theory)

Pramodh Senarath Yapa, Dr.

Post-Doc (Theory)

Leonardo Bellinato, MSc.

PhD Student (Theory)

Elena Poli, MSc.

PhD Student (Theory)

Tanasu Hernandez Yanes

Tanausú Hernández Yanes

Visiting PhD Student (Theory)

Simon Gschwendtner, BSc.

Master Student (Theory)