The UB will dynamize a workshop on quantum mechanics in YOMO
When a gas cools down to temperatures around -273.15ºC, known as the absolute zero, atoms change their behavior and new quantum phenomena -unrevealed in our macroscopic world- appear. One example is the “Bose-Einstein Condensate”, a phenomenon which is currently being studied in physics laboratories to develop new technologies. Therefore, quantum is the base of the technology for the near future, both in computing and cryptography techniques and data management.
When a gas cools down to temperatures around -273.15ºC, known as the absolute zero, atoms change their behavior and new quantum phenomena -unrevealed in our macroscopic world- appear. One example is the “Bose-Einstein Condensate”, a phenomenon which is currently being studied in physics laboratories to develop new technologies. Therefore, quantum is the base of the technology for the near future, both in computing and cryptography techniques and data management.
On March 2, Bruno Julià, Ramon y Cajal researcher from the Department of Quantum Physics and Astrophysics and the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the UB, will bring this complex world of quantum mechanics closer to high school students with the workshop “Ultracold UB, outreach on quantum mechanics and ultracold gases”. The activity will be carried out in YOMO, a science+tech youth mobile festival, held in Barcelona which coincides with the Mobile World Congress, with the support of the Department of Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government).
The objective of this workshop is that students make simulations of different experiments with computers, which will show quantum properties of matter. These simulations are done through an open code software created by researchers and bachelor students of the UB. Thus, students will simulate the movement of a set of ultracold atoms, trapped in a quantum well and they discover the behavior of solitons, which are currently studied in laboratories around the world. Last, participants will test the behavior of a quantum Newton pendulum and will compare its movement with a classic one.
More presence of the University of Barcelona in YOMO
YOMO, which will gather more than a hundred collaborators from STEAM sectors -among educational institutions, professional bodies, R&D laboratories, and leading companies and industries- counts with the participation of other research groups that belong to centers linked to the University of Barcelona. The Barcelona Science Park organizes different workshops in the activity Do some research!: Letʼs build proteins; How are medicines made?; On cells and genes; and Transform bacteria for Atherosclerosis. Also, the PCB is dynamizing the lecture Neuroscience: studying behavior.
Furthermore, the School of New Interactive Technologies (ENTI), affiliated at the UB, will offer a workshop on Computer Games and Virtual Reality, and the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia will work with the uses of Bioengineering for Regenerative Medicine.