[Faculty] Fwd: [CSRC.COLLOQUIUM] "Exploring the Dynamics of a Quantum-Mechanical Compton Generator"

[Jose Castillo]

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DATE:
*Friday, June 5, 2020*



TITLE:

*Exploring the Dynamics of a Quantum-Mechanical Compton Generator*


TIME:
*3:00-4:00PM*




LOCATION:
Join Zoom Meeting -  *https://SDSU.zoom.us/j/96847180420*
<https://sdsu.zoom.us/j/96847180420>



SPEAKER/BIO:

*Dr. **Martin Kandes, Computational Science Research Center, San Diego
State University*





ABSTRACT:

In 1913, while he was still was an undergraduate, American physicist Arthur
Compton invented a simple way to measure the rotation rate of the Earth
with a tabletop-sized experiment, independent of any astronomical
observation. The experiment consisted of a large diameter circular ring of
thin glass tubing filled with water and oil droplets. After placing the
ring in a plane perpendicular to the surface of the Earth and allowing the
fluid mixture of oil and water to come to rest, Compton then abruptly
rotated the ring, flipping it 180 degrees about an axis passing through its
own plane. The result of the experiment was that the water acquired a
measurable drift velocity due to the Coriolis effect arising from the daily
rotation of the Earth about its own axis. Compton measured this induced
drift velocity by observing the motion of the oil droplets in the water
with a microscope. This device, now named after him, is known as a Compton
generator. The fundamental research objective of this project is to explore
the dynamics of a quantum-mechanical analogue to the classical Compton
generator experiment through the use of numerical simulations. In this
presentation, I describe how the physics of the problem itself drives many
of the computational challenges in the simulations; what numerical methods
and computational techniques were implemented in the custom simulation code
written to explore the problem (and other quantum systems in rotating
frames of reference); the performance characteristics and limitations of
this code; some challenges in creating a post-simulation visualization
pipeline; as well as the latest results and future directions of the
project.




Host: Ricardo Carretero

Note: Videos of previous colloquium talks can be seen on the CSRC website
in the colloquium archive section or on the CSRC YouTube page here
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN0ZEztlmyDqG2pm-Rle_Eg/feed>.

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