FOM archive's video: Physics@FOM Veldhoven 2016 - Masterclass Peter Littlewood

Prior to Physics@FOM 2016, the programme committee organised four masterclasses. These classes offer PhDs and young postdocs a unique opportunity to receive an introduction to their discipline from top researchers. Synchrony: Superconductors, superfluids and fireflies The ground state of a system of non-interacting bosons is described by the bose distribution, and it was Einstein who realized that in dimensions larger than two, a macroscopic population should build up at a low enough temperature. We call this Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC). Formally separate from condensation as an instance of statistical physics, the presence of weak interactions between the bosons will usually cause the ground state to become phase coherent, and therefore superfluid. This phenomenon, which seems so intrinsically quantum, has in fact a very close analogy to the synchronization of classical nonlinear oscillators. Synchrony is a remarkable phenomenon that affects the quantum world from elemental broken symmetries of particle physics to low temperature physics, and in the natural world can explain such phenomena as the behaviour of fireflies, and our finely tuned ability to hear accurate pitch. About the conference: Physics@FOM Veldhoven is a large congress that provides a topical overview of physics in the Netherlands. It is organised by the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) and takes place each year in January. Traditionally, young researchers are given the chance to present themselves and their work alongside renowned names from the Dutch and international physics community. The programme covers Light and matter, Atomic, molecular and optical physics, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Statistical physics and Soft condensed matter, Surfaces and interfaces, Physics of fluids, Subatomic physics, Plasma and fusion physics, and Strongly correlated systems. http://www.fom.nl/veldhoven