Abstract:

In this talk, I will briefly introduce some of our recent works on many-body physics aspect of cold atoms. As examples, I shall introduce new “superfluid liquid crystals” phase in spin-orbit coupled Bose gases; engineering spatially modulated interaction with alkali earth atoms and the debate of ferromagnetism in strongly interacting Fermi gases. 

Short Bio:

Zhai Hui received his PhD in Physics from Center for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University in Jan. 2005. He was a Postdoc Scholar at the Department of Physics, the Ohio-State University from Jun. 2005-May 2007 and a Postdoc Scholar at Material Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley from Sep. 2007-June 2009. He joined Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University in July 2009.