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Matthew James EDMONDSProject Associate Professor
Theoretical atomic molecular and optical physics, mathematical physics, topology
Affiliations
WPI-SKCM², Hiroshima University, Associate Professor
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). My research background has focused on theoretically modelling different nonlinear systems and their connection to ongoing phenomenology. This has mostly involved ensembles of ultracold matter - Bose-Einstein condensates which provide a versatile platform to understand topology and chirality in the quantum realm. At the SKCM^2, I am involved in an interdisciplinary project looking at nematic vortices in spin-triplet superfluids, an enigmatic form of superfluidity which has been predicted to exist within the cores of neutron stars.
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. Matthew's website
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). My research background has focused on theoretically modelling different nonlinear systems and their connection to ongoing phenomenology. This has mostly involved ensembles of ultracold matter - Bose-Einstein condensates which provide a versatile platform to understand topology and chirality in the quantum realm. At the SKCM^2, I am involved in an interdisciplinary project looking at nematic vortices in spin-triplet superfluids, an enigmatic form of superfluidity which has been predicted to exist within the cores of neutron stars.
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. Matthew's website