Quantum Sensing, Quantum Simulation and Their Applications in Fundamental Symmetry Tests
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 531
Special Issue Editors
Interests: quantum sensing; quantum magnetometers and gyroscopes; dark matter experimental detection
Interests: collision theory; quantum mechanical scattering; light scattering; nonlinear optics; electro-optics and quantum-optics; laser physics; atomic and molecular physics; chemical dynamics; dissociation of molecules; charge exchange processes; electron transport in condensed phase systems; bose-einstein condensation and cooper pairing in degenerate quantum systems; thermodynamics; quantum information
2. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA 94720-8099, USA
Interests: dark matter direct detection; particle detector with liquid noble gas; neutron calibration sources; cryogenic single-photon detector
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Quantum technologies have undergone tremendous advances and development in recent decades. Quantum systems can also be used to probe physical quantities with high precision and fast speed, far beyond classical methods. Quantum sensing is the most mature category among quantum technologies. Typical platforms for quantum sensing include alkali vapor cells, solid-state spin systems, neutral atoms, and trapped ions. Promising applications of quantum sensing include dark matter detection, fundamental symmetry tests, and biomedical imaging.
Quantum simulation to mimic the behavior of other quantum systems in an either analog or digital manner, but with more tunability and programmability, provides a unique toolbox to understand extremely complicated quantum systems. Systems of interest include quantum phase transitions, quantum magnetism and superconductivity in condensed matter physics, high energy physics, quantum chemistry, cosmology, and nuclear physics.
Quantum technologies have many applications. Here, we emphasize the detection of dark matter, which is one of the most profound open questions in modern physics. Different experiment approaches have been proposed to detect different kinds of dark matter, such as axion, axion-like particles, WIMPs, etc. Dark matter does not interact with electromagnetic force, and its interaction with gravity is very weak, which makes it extremely difficult to detect. Thus, the latest technologies in quantum sensing, cryogenics, and precise photon/charge/phonon detectors have been applied to dark matter detection. Moreover, the successful observation of axion dark matter can solve the strong CP (charge–conjugation parity) symmetry violation.
This Special Issue of the journal Symmetry aims to introduce the latest progress in quantum sensing and simulation, as well as their applications, especially in dark matter detection.
We welcome contributions (research and review articles) covering a broad range of topics on quantum sensing, quantum simulation, and their applications, including (but not limited to) the following:
- Quantum magnetometry
- Quantum simulation/sensing with neutral atoms
- Quantum simulation/sensing with trapped-ion qubits
- Quantum simulation/sensing with photons
- Quantum simulation/sensing with superconducting circuits
- Digital quantum simulation
- Analog quantum simulation
- Quantum phase transition
- Disordered and frustrated systems
- Spin glasses
- Quantum spin liquid
- Topological order
- Open quantum systems
- Dark matter direct detection
- Cryogenic photon detectors
- Liquid noble gas detectors
- Single-electron/ion detectors
- Cryogenic bolometers
Dr. Tao Wang
Prof. Dr. Yehuda B. Band
Dr. Junsong Lin
Dr. Xudong Lv
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- quantum sensing
- quantum simulation
- dark matter experimental detection
- particle detector with liquid noble gas
- atomic magnetometers
- atomic gyroscopes
- co-magnetometers
- digital quantum simulation
- analog quantum simulation
- quantum simulation/sensing with neutral atoms
- quantum simulation/sensing with trapped-ion qubits
- quantum simulation/sensing with photons
- quantum simulation/sensing with superconducting circuits
- quantum phase transition
- disordered and frustrated systems
- spin glasses
- quantum spin liquid
- topological order
- open quantum systems
- biomedical imaging with atomic magnetometers
