Applied Seminar - Pairing effects in small quantum systems - Johannes Hofmann (Cambridge) Seminar
- Time:
- 12:00 - 13:00
- Date:
- 25 April 2017
- Venue:
- Ketley Room, Room 4001, Building 54, Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield, SO17 1BJ
For more information regarding this seminar, please telephone Dr Philip Greulich on 023 8059 2438 or email P.S.Greulich@southampton.ac.uk .
Event details
When studying matter at very small scales, its constituents — electrons in a metal or atoms in a gas — are described by quantum mechanics, i.e., they can behave both as a wave and a particle. I shall discuss these new effects caused by quantum mechanics and how they show up in experiments. Of particular interest are mesoscopic systems, which show a delicate interplay of quantum mechanics and finite system size. I will describe how simple calculations and simple models go a long way to elucidate the underlying physics of these systems.