The MTC Lecture Series
Friday,
December 15 in the NSCL Seminar Room
THOMAS
SCHAEFER
North Carolina State University
From trapped atoms to liberated quarks
.
Trapped fermionic atoms,
dilute neutron
matter, and the quark gluon plasma created in heavy ion collisions at
RHIC are
strongly correlated quantum liquids that involve energy scales that
differ by
some 20 orders of magnitude. In this
talk, we shall argue that there are some important commonalities
between these
systems. We consider, in particular,
the equation of state, transport properties, and the critical
temperature for
pair condensation.
The lecture will be held at the Cyclotron Seminar Room at 12:30 (noon).
Refreshments will be served in the Cyclotron Atrium at 12:00 (noon). We
invite
everyone interested in the development of modern
mesoscopic science. Students are especially welcome.
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