You are cordially invited to the fourth lecture in SCL Lecture series on complexity which will be held on Monday, 4 November 2024 at 18:00 in the small lecture hall of the Kolarac Endowment. The talk entitled

Complex landscapes of ultracold atoms

will be given by Dr. Antun Balaž (Institute of Physics Belgrade). The abstract of the talk:

Classical physics is close to our everyday experiences, while in quantum systems a different set of laws apply. For their understanding we have to develop a new intuition based on quite an abstract mathematical description of nature. Atomic and molecular systems at ultracold temperatures offer ideal experimental setups to study collective quantum phenomena, such as Bose-Einstein condensation, that don't have analogues in a classical world. The landscapes of ultracold atoms are extremely complex and include quantum gases and vortices, quantum liquids exhibiting superfluid flow, as well as quantum droplets capable of forming supersolid structures. In addition to mathematical description, key ingredient for understanding of such complex systems are symmetries, reflections of beauty in nature. In this lecture we will take a walk through quantum landscapes of ultracold atoms and try to find out if beauty will save the world around us.

The complete lecture series schedule: