Boris Svistunov

Boris Svistunov is a Professor of Physics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His research deals with ultracold gases, superfluidity and supersolidity, strongly correlated systems, and the theory and practice of quantum Monte Carlo methods.

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The turbulent matter field of ultracold atoms

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Natalia Berloff, Published July 20, 2009

Atomic and Molecular Physics | Fluid Dynamics

Chaotic matter waves formed by perturbing a Bose-Einstein condensate may provide a valuable laboratory setting for understanding many different kinds of quantum-fluid turbulence.