Silas Beane, InQubator for Quantum Simulation, University of Washington
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Abstract:
At short distances, nucleons are highly complex, quantum many-body systems whose detailed structure is determined by the underlying theory of the nuclear force, quantum chromodynamics (QCD), a theory of strongly interacting quarks and gluons. I will review recent work which argues that some critical features of nucleon structure have compelling explanations in terms of quantum entanglement among the nucleon constituents. Proceeding to much longer distances, I will then consider the paradigmatic nuclear physics system of nucleon-nucleon scattering and describe recent theoretical work which suggests a principle of entanglement minimization in hadronic scattering. ** Refreshments served from 2:45pm – 3:00pm in PAS 218. Thank you. **