Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2020 Annual Meeting of the APS Four Corners Section (Virtual)
Volume 65, Number 16
Friday–Saturday, October 23–24, 2020; Albuquerque, NM (Virtual)
Session A01: Plenary Talks ILive
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Chair: John Harton, CSU |
Friday, October 23, 2020 9:00AM - 9:35AM Live |
A01.00001: Breaking Heisenberg: ~Controlling the Quantum World Invited Speaker: Ivan Deutsch The quantum information revolution has taught us that quantum mechanics is not a paler version of its classical counterpart, hindered by intrinsic uncertainty and random measurement outcomes. ~Au contraire! ~A machine whose operation takes full advantage of the laws of quantum mechanics has information processing capabilities well beyond those that are restricted to essentially classical laws. ~To harness this power requires new methods for control and measurement, so that we can make quantum systems do our bidding, rather than what comes naturally. ~In this seminar, I will give an introduction to the basics of quantum information science and progress in the control/measurement tools that make this possible. ~In particular, I will describe one particular platform based on storing quantum bits in individually trapped ultracold atoms. ~It's a Back-to-the-Future vacuum-tube technology! [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, October 23, 2020 9:35AM - 10:10AM Live |
A01.00002: Pulsed Power Engines of Discovery for High Energy Density Science Invited Speaker: Michael E. Cuneo Sessler and Wilson refer to particle accelerators as “Engines of Discovery”$^2$. Classical accelerators have advanced our fundamental understanding of the universe and uncovered the deep underlying structure of matter. Pulsed power accelerators compress energy in space and time to create unique, transient states of high energy density matter. High energy density matter is found throughout the universe, wherever high pressure or compressed material or hot plasmas exist – in stars, near neutron stars, in impact events or planetary collisions, in nuclear fusion plasmas, and in national security environments. The 80 TW “Z” accelerator is the largest such pulsed power accelerator in the world today, and is employed as an engine of discovery for fusion science, astrophysics and planetary science, atomic physics, and dynamic materials science. Areas of study encompass both fundamental science as well as national security science and applications. The Z accelerator stores up to 20 MJ in its capacitor banks and delivers currents of 15-30 MA in pulses of order 100-1000 ns. These currents are coupled to a variety of platforms that harness the currents and associated magnetic fields to produce microliters to milliliters of material in unprecedented and unique states. Energy is compressed by more than a factor of $10^9$ in space and $10^9$ in time to produce these microscopic volumes, providing environments that were previously unavailable for laboratory study. This talk will review recent progress on Z in magneto-inertial fusion and in x-ray driven science, and discuss future prospects. [Preview Abstract] |
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