Andrew Lucas

Lucas

kdcadmin — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 17:47:59 +0000

Andrew Lucas

Affiliations

Fellow of CTQM
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder

Bio

I have worked on a variety of topics at the interface of condensed matter, high energy and mathematical physics. Recent interests include: bounds and constraints on transport and quantum information scrambling, the emergence of hydrodynamics in closed quantum systems (especially fluids of electrons in metals), and the AdS/CFT correspondence.

CTQM Role

CTQM Fellow

Research Category

condensed matter physics

high energy physics

Andrew.J.Lucas@Colorado.EDU

Website

https://sites.google.com/colorado.edu/andrew-lucas/

High Energy Physics

kdcadmin — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 21:43:03 +0000

High Energy Physics kdcadmin Thu, 03/09/2023 - 2:43 pm

High energy physics studies the nature of matter and the forces of Nature on the smallest scales. In recent years, high energy physicists have also begun to study the quantum nature of gravity. There are several areas of active research in high energy physics that overlap with other fields of physics in the broad study of quantum matter, from connections to nuclear physics and condensed matter physics in the study of the strong nuclear force to applications of quantum information science in the study of quantum black holes. The development of string theory as a theory of quantum gravity has led to the gauge/gravity (or AdS/CFT) correspondence, directly linking strongly correlated quantum matter to black hole physics in higher dimensions. These subjects are among the most active areas of research today.

CTQM Fellow(s)

Andrew Lucas

Ethan Neil

Condensed Matter Physics

kdcadmin — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 21:42:11 +0000

Condensed Matter Physics kdcadmin Thu, 03/09/2023 - 2:42 pm

The field of condensed matter physics explores the macroscopic and microscopic properties of matter. Condensed Matter physicists study how matter arises from a large number of interacting atoms and electrons, and what physical properties it has as a result of these interactions.

Traditionally, condensed matter physics is split into "hard" condensed matter physics, which studies quantum properties of matter, and "soft" condensed matter physics which studies those properties of matter for which quantum mechanics plays no role.

The condensed matter field is considered one of the largest and most versatile sub-fields of study in physics, primarily due to the diversity of topics and phenomena that are available to study. Breakthroughs in the field of condensed matter physics have led to the discovery and use of liquid crystals, modern plastic and composite materials and the discovery of the Bose-Einstein Condensate.

CTQM Fellow(s)