Postdoctoral Position in the Maryland Quantum Thermodynamics Hub

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Description The Quantum Thermodynamics Group in the Department of Physics at UMBC invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work under the mentorship of Dr. Sebastian Deffner. This postdoctoral position is part of the newly founded Maryland Quantum Thermodynamics Hub , which is generously supported by the John Templeton Foundation. The postdoc will conduct theoretical research on the dynamical emergence of classical objectivity. Objectivity is a matter of consensus achieved by independent observers. It has been recognized that classical objectivity is an emergent property explicable through every measurement’s interception of only a small fraction of the environment and all fractions’ carrying the same, classical information. This emergence of classical objectivity is known as quantum Darwinism. From a dynamical perspective, two questions arise: (i) Over which time scales does classical objectivity emerge from purely quantum dynamics? (ii) Over which time scales does equilibration overrule quantum Darwinism? The postdoc will be working towards comprehensive answers to these questions. In addition, the postdoc will be encouraged to pursue original lines of resear...