Speaker
Description
Neutrino oscillation experiments require an accurate understanding of neutrino-nucleus interactions. While the initial weak interaction is well understood, predicting the experimentally observed final states remains a major challenge because the interaction excites a strongly correlated nuclear many-body system whose subsequent quantum evolution is difficult to describe with existing theoretical approaches.
In this talk, I will present a new research programme that explores analogue quantum simulation with ultracold atomic gases as a novel approach to studying neutrino–nucleus many-body dynamics. By exploiting universal features shared by strongly interacting quantum systems, ultracold atoms offer a highly controllable platform for investigating real-time many-body dynamics beyond the capabilities of current classical methods. I will discuss the underlying concepts, the opportunities offered by quantum simulation, and the potential impact of this approach on future neutrino interaction physics.