Quantum Simulators for Fundamental Physics
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of Maths, Statistics and Physics
Abstract
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Publications
Abed M
(2020)
Bubble nucleation at zero and nonzero temperatures
Barenghi C
(2023)
Vinen's Energy Barrier
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Billam T
(2022)
False-vacuum decay in an ultracold spin-1 Bose gas
in Physical Review A
Billam T
(2022)
Bubble nucleation in a cold spin 1 gas
Billam T
(2020)
Simulating cosmological supercooling with a cold-atom system
in Physical Review A
Billam T
(2021)
Simulating cosmological supercooling with a cold atom system. II. Thermal damping and parametric instability
in Physical Review A
Billam T
(2021)
False vacuum decay in an ultracold spin-1 Bose gas
Billam T
(2023)
Bubble nucleation in a cold spin 1 gas
in New Journal of Physics
Canaletti M
(2024)
Seeding the decay of the false vacuum
in Physical Review D
Daniel GarcÃa-Orozco A
(2020)
Intra-scales energy transfer during the evolution of turbulence in a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate
in EPL (Europhysics Letters)
| Description | Supercooled Cosmological Simulator |
| Amount | £150,708 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/W006162/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2022 |
| End | 08/2024 |
| Title | Data supporting publication: Bubble nucleation in a cold spin 1 gas |
| Description | This data includes the results of computer simulations for the article "Bubble nucleation in a cold spin 1 gas". We simulate vacuum decay in a 3 level system using the Stochastic Projected Gross-Pitaevskii equation and compare this to instanton predictions. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Data_supporting_publication_Bubble_nucleation_in_a_cold_spin... |
| Title | Data supporting publication: Bubble nucleation in a cold spin 1 gas |
| Description | This data includes the results of computer simulations for the article "Bubble nucleation in a cold spin 1 gas". We simulate vacuum decay in a 3 level system using the Stochastic Projected Gross-Pitaevskii equation and compare this to instanton predictions. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Data_supporting_publication_Bubble_nucleation_in_a_cold_spin... |
| Title | False vacuum decay in an ultracold spin-1 Bose gas |
| Description | Figure 4 data:Each panel shows cos(phi(x,t)) for a different random seed: x data: x.dat (length(x) = 601) t data: t.dat (length(t) = 16001) cos(phi):( 16001 rows, 601 columns. -Each row r contains cos(phi(x, t_r)) -Each column c contains cos(phi(x_c, t)) Top left panel: lam1p70_eps0p05_rhoxi20_cos_phi1_0002.dat Top right panel: lam1p70_eps0p05_rhoxi20_cos_phi1_0007.dat Bottom left panel: lam1p70_eps0p05_rhoxi20_cos_phi1_0006.dat Bottom right panel: lam1p70_eps0p05_rhoxi20_cos_phi1_0011.dat Figure 5 data: Left Panel (Li): * Markers with error bars: 7Li_Gamma_vs_rhoxi.csv Col1: rho*xi Co12: Gamma Col3: error bar * Dotted line (instanton fit): 7Li_Gamma_vs_rhoxi_fit.csv Col1: rho*xi Col2: Gamma Right Panel (K): * Markers with error bars: 41K_Gamma_vs_rhoxi.csv Col1: rho*xi Co12: Gamma Col3: error bar * Dotted line (instanton fit): 41K_Gamma_vs_rhoxi_fit.csv Col1: rho*xi Col2: Gamma |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/False_vacuum_decay_in_an_ultracold_spin-1_Bose_gas/19329278/... |
| Title | False vacuum decay in an ultracold spin-1 Bose gas |
| Description | Figure 4 data:Each panel shows cos(phi(x,t)) for a different random seed: x data: x.dat (length(x) = 601) t data: t.dat (length(t) = 16001) cos(phi):( 16001 rows, 601 columns. -Each row r contains cos(phi(x, t_r)) -Each column c contains cos(phi(x_c, t)) Top left panel: lam1p70_eps0p05_rhoxi20_cos_phi1_0002.dat Top right panel: lam1p70_eps0p05_rhoxi20_cos_phi1_0007.dat Bottom left panel: lam1p70_eps0p05_rhoxi20_cos_phi1_0006.dat Bottom right panel: lam1p70_eps0p05_rhoxi20_cos_phi1_0011.dat Figure 5 data: Left Panel (Li): * Markers with error bars: 7Li_Gamma_vs_rhoxi.csv Col1: rho*xi Co12: Gamma Col3: error bar * Dotted line (instanton fit): 7Li_Gamma_vs_rhoxi_fit.csv Col1: rho*xi Col2: Gamma Right Panel (K): * Markers with error bars: 41K_Gamma_vs_rhoxi.csv Col1: rho*xi Co12: Gamma Col3: error bar * Dotted line (instanton fit): 41K_Gamma_vs_rhoxi_fit.csv Col1: rho*xi Col2: Gamma |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This is numerical data supporting the claims of the paper "False vacuum decay in an ultracold spin-1 Bose gas" |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/False_vacuum_decay_in_an_ultracold_spin-1_Bose_gas/19329278 |
| Description | Observation of bubble nucleation |
| Organisation | University of Trento |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Theory support to an experiment. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Experimental investigations of ferromagnetic bubble nucleation in a cold atom system. |
| Impact | Paper under preparation. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | QSimFP |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Department | School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint work on quantum simulators |
| Collaborator Contribution | Nottingham leads the QSimFP consortium, which is funded by the Quantum Technology for Fundamental Physics call. |
| Impact | See the output section |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Enrichment Event for students who are transitioning from KS4 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The event took place on 20-21st July 2022 (and annually). I gave an afternoon session on particle physics. The event was meant to encourage students to engage with the A-level physics syllabus. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/maths-physics/engagement/outreach/physics-enrichment/ |