Usually, quantum physics describes small systems like atoms, electrons and photons, while classical physics describes our familiar world on larger length scales. I am interested in the crossover between these two regimes of description. This means probing the quantum-to-classical transition, and asking why quantum effects are usually washed out as system size increases. This leads naturally to practical questions, since it is known that it is possible to build devices that can outperform some of our current technologies… if we can control and protect quantum coherence in large systems.
Understanding the quantum-to-classical transition
Evading decoherence and thermalisation in large quantum systems
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Dr. Shane Dooley
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Usually, quantum physics describes small systems like atoms, electrons and photons, while classical physics describes our familiar world on larger length scales. I am interested in the crossover between these two regimes of description. This means probing the quantum-to-classical transition, and asking why quantum effects are usually washed out as system size increases. This leads naturally to practical questions, since it is known that it is possible to build devices that can outperform some of our current technologies… if we can control and protect quantum coherence in large systems.
Recent Publications
Selected Publications
School of Theoretical Physics
Recent Posts
Constraints on Variation of the Weak Scale from Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
Geometric Semimetals and Their Simulation in Synthetic Matter
Gauged Permutation Invariant Matrix Quantum Mechanics: Path Integrals
Rigor with Machine Learning from Field Theory to the Poincaré Conjecture
Learning 4-Dimensional Knot Invariants from the Jones Polynomial
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