SPS Forum

Superconnections and Supersymmetric Quantum Field Theories

Date/Time: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 15:10 hrs
Venue:S14 #03-09
Speaker: HAN Fei, National University of Singapore

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Title: Introduction to B physics

Speaker: Prof. Hsiang-nan Li, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Time: 11.00 am
Date: 16 October 2009, Friday
Venue: Physics Conference Room, S13 M01-11/12


Abstract:

I briefly introduce the motivation, achievements, and future prospects of research on B meson decays. The determination of the CP violation phase that led to Kobayashi-Maskawa's 2008 Nobel prize is emphasized. I then explain some puzzling data observed so far, which could be signals of new physics beyond the Standard Model.

Exploring Flatland with Cold Atoms

Date/Time: 29 October 2009 (Thursday), 4pm

Venue: CQT Seminar Room, NUS Kent Ridge Campus S15-03-15

Speaker: Jean Dalibard, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel

Abstract:
In his world-famous novel "Flatland" published in 1884, the English writer Edwin Abbott imagined a social life in a two-dimensional world. With a very original use of geometrical notions, E. Abbott produced a unique satire of his own society. Long after Abbott's visionary allegory, Microscopic Physics has provided a practical path for the exploration of low-dimensional worlds. With the realization of quantum wells for example, it has been possible to produce two-dimensional gases of electrons. The properties of these fluids dramatically differ from the standard three-dimensional case, and some of them are still lacking a full understanding. During the last decade, a novel environment has been developed for the study of low-dimensional phenomena. It consists of cold atomic gases that are confined in tailor-made electromagnetic traps. With these gases, one hopes to simulate and understand more complex condensed-matter systems. The talk will discuss some aspects of this research, both from an experimental and a theoretical perspective. Connections with other domains of many-body physics, such as the Quantum Hall phenomenon, will also be addressed.

Whoa! Jean Dalibard! That's one big guy in quantum optics. My FYP exists because of his pioneering (and heavily cited) article on simulating open quantum systems.

Haha then you should come to the talk then. And thank him for your FYP...