Cold atom quantum simulation of strongly correlated matter represents a frontier of modern physics, with broad multidisciplinary relevance across AMO physics, quantum information, condensed matter, high-energy physics, and even quantum gravity. In this talk, we shall explore how cold atom systems can simulate complex synthetic quantum matter, including quantum criticality in condensed matter, up to the physics of black holes. We shall examine the equilibrium and dynamical properties of these systems under both closed and open quantum system settings. Our investigations combine classical simulations (high-performance computing), quantum simulations, and analytical methodologies to reveal unexplored terrain in strongly correlated quantum systems.

Dr. Soumik Bandyopadhyay from Quantum Technologies Theory Group Pitaevskii BEC Center, University of Trento, Italy will be delivering the talk on the title Cold atom quantum simulations and thermalisation physics of synthetic quantum matter: importance ranging  from condensed matter to quantum gravity.