Abstract: This project applies advanced parallel simulation methods to quantum evolution problems of basic and technological importance. Specific research targets include: dynamics of open quantum nonlinear systems in atomic optics experiments (e.g., cavity QED, optical lattices) and solid state devices (e.g., quantum dots); quantum feedback control and active cooling in cavity QED and quantum nanomechanics; the dynamics of quantum condensates (e.g., driven BECs); and the evolution of quantum fields, both homogeneous and inhomogeneous, with applications to table-top and accelerator experiments and the early Universe.

Investigators: Tanmoy Bhattacharya (T-8), Viktor Decyk (UCLA), Salman Habib (T-8, LANL; PI), Katrin Heitmann (T-6, LANL), Kurt Jacobs (Griffith), Donatella Pasqualini (EES-11), Kosuke Shizume (Tsukuba), Daniel Steck (T-8).

Collaborations: While simulations are the responsibility of the LANL team, they, and researchers from several other institutions are part of the broader science team for this project. Aside from the researchers mentioned above, the larger collaboration includes Caltech (Hideo Mabuchi), Columbia University (Ben Greenbaum), The City University of New York (Bala Sundaram), The Laboratory for Physical Sciences (Keith Schwab), The University of Arizona (Poul Jessen), The University of New Mexico (Paul Alsing, Ivan Deutsch), and The University of Texas, Austin (Mark Raizen).