Analogue gravity in condensed matter systems and the Unruh effect
| Grant number: | 17/26809-1 |
| Support type: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |
| Effective date (Start): | May 01, 2018 |
| Effective date (End): | February 29, 2020 |
| Field of knowledge: | Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics |
| Cooperation agreement: | Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) |
| Principal Investigator: | George Emanuel Avraam Matsas |
| Grantee: | João Paulo Cardoso Ramos Rodrigues |
| Home Institution: | Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
| Associated research grant: | 13/09357-9 - Physics and geometry of spacetime, AP.TEM |
Abstract Semiclassical gravity has provided some surprising predictions among which the Unruh effect is a very paradigmatic one. In this MSc project we aim to investigate analogs of the Unruh effect in condensed matter systems. (AU) | |