The Research Group
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Roberto Onofrio
Roberto Onofrio
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Macroscopic quantum physics: superfluidity in dilute atomic gases, Casimir effects and forces in the micrometer range, quantum mechanics of macroscopic and mesoscopic resonators, phenomenology of open quantum systems.



People

PI
Roberto Onofrio

Graduate Students
Michael Brown-Hayes
Woo-Joong (Andy) Kim
Qun Wei

Undergraduate Students
Jonathan Huang
Scott Middleman
Nathan Monnig
Taylor Smith

Publications
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Michael Brown-Hayes

Graduate Student
Research Interests
Ultracold dilute atomic Fermi-Bose mixtures.
Casimir effect and forces in the 1-10 micrometer range.
Quantum mechanics of macroscopic and mesoscopic resonators at low temperatures.
Mechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), as seen in a scanning electron microscope (SEM).



Woo-Joong Kim

Graduate Student

Research Interests

Static and dynamical Casimir effects, atomic spectroscopy of lithium and rubidium, super-radiance, and electrochemical synthesis of nanowires.



Qun Wei

Graduate Student

Research Interests

Atomic spectroscopy of lithium and rubidium, Laser frequency synthesis scheme.





Scott Middleman

Undergrad ('06)

Research Interests

Static Casimir effects, development of next-generation cylinder-plane apparatus and diode laser system.



Taylor Smith

Undergrad ('06)

Research Interests

Computational analysis of thermalization of particles in an N-body bath, modelling of equilibration processes for harmonic oscillators in contacts with thermal reservoirs.



Jonathan Huang

Undergrad ('06)

Research Interests

Static casimir effects, computational analysis of thermalization of particles in an N-body bath, perturbative analysis/identification of equilibrium in helical and poloidal plasma modes.




Nathan Monnig

Undergrad ('05)
Research Interests
Detection scheme for Casimir photons, Dynamic Casimir Effect, Saturation-absorbtion spectroscopy of lithium, diffraction-grating cavity stabilized diode lasers.





Dartmouth College
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College