The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded a $135,545 Project Grant to The Trustees of Princeton University's Office of Research and Project Administration, doing business as Princeton University, to conduct collaborative research on quantum criticality, localization, and dynamics in quasiperiodic systems. This research under NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to develop a general framework for exploring quantum phase...
The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded Princeton University a $108,991 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to support theoretical research and education on the dynamics of interacting quantum systems that equilibrate anomalously slowly. The grant period runs from December 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. Specifically, the award will fund the development of computational methods tailored to characterizing...
This $298,494 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics supports research on "Beyond Mean-Field Physics in Dynamical Bose-Einstein Condensates" under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The project aims to explore a variety of nonequilibrium processes in ultracold quantum gases, with a focus on investigating quantum and thermal fluctuation effects on the collision and thermalization of cold atoms, quantum phase...
This $269,798 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports theoretical research and associated education to investigate novel quantum phenomena in many-body systems. The research aims to explore quantum correlations, topological properties, and complex dynamics in quantum systems exposed to factors like disorder, dissipation, and periodic driving. Key focus areas include multipartite entanglement, Berry...
This $360,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research on the quantum dynamics of near-one-dimensional systems at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). The PI will develop theoretical tools to quantitatively model and analyze experiments on ultracold atomic gases confined to one dimension, with a focus on understanding the far-from-equilibrium dynamics and emergent hydrodynamic...
This $360,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research at Cornell University aimed at expanding the frontiers of cold atom theory and ultracold gas experiments. The key objectives are to: (1) investigate how to create highly entangled quantum states of matter, (2) study the emergent properties of strongly interacting quantum systems, and (3) explore fundamental physics through cold gas...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant of $239,999 to George Mason University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research on ultracold atoms in optical tweezer arrays. The research aims to develop novel numerical algorithms to understand the correlations and dynamics of interacting atoms in these arrays, with the goal of realizing new correlated quantum phases and generating entangled states for quantum information applications....
This $288,497 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to discover and characterize new phases of quantum matter through synergies between quantum information theory and quantum many-body physics. The principal investigator at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) will conduct research to (i) identify novel zero-temperature quantum phases related to quantum error-correcting codes, (ii) elucidate...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the CFDA program for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, provides $245,290 in funding to Purdue University to study out-of-equilibrium quantum dynamics and instability-induced phenomena in homogeneous atomic quantum gases. The research team will use ultracold cesium atoms to explore dynamics such as quantum many-body breathers, a novel quantum phase transition in one-dimensional Bose gases, and instabilities in supersonic...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports theoretical research on understanding quantum materials and phenomena related to frustrated magnetism. George Mason University is receiving $258,480 over the period of May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2027 to advance conceptual understanding of the microscopic physics of magnetically frustrated materials through a combined effort of theoretical physics and computational...