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Matthew James EdmondsPostdoctoral Researcher
Superfluid vortices in neutron stars, chiral Bose-Einstein condensates, numerical modelling of low-temperature systems.
Affiliations
Keio University
medmonds_at_hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Bio
Primary advisor: Muneto Nitta
Co-mentors: Chihiro Sasaki, Shuichi Murakami, Andrey Leonov
I completed my PhD at the Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences (IPaQs) Heriot-Watt University (UK). After this I held postdoctoral appointments at Newcastle University (UK), OIST (Japan) and the University of Queensland (Australia).
What I like about my science
If we cool down a gas of atoms to only a fraction of a degree above absolute zero, the atoms can behave like one giant atom with the same properties; including superfluid behaviour where the atom's viscosity disappears. This unusual situation provides an opportunity to explore the nature and limits of quantum mechanics in different systems that exhibit this phenomena.
Co-mentors: Chihiro Sasaki, Shuichi Murakami, Andrey Leonov
I completed my PhD at the Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences (IPaQs) Heriot-Watt University (UK). After this I held postdoctoral appointments at Newcastle University (UK), OIST (Japan) and the University of Queensland (Australia).
What I like about my science
If we cool down a gas of atoms to only a fraction of a degree above absolute zero, the atoms can behave like one giant atom with the same properties; including superfluid behaviour where the atom's viscosity disappears. This unusual situation provides an opportunity to explore the nature and limits of quantum mechanics in different systems that exhibit this phenomena.