Tod Wright
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Tod Wright

Position

  • Research Fellow

Qualifications

  • BSc(Hons)


Contact Details

Quantum Atom Optics Theory Group
School of Mathematics and Physics
The University of Queensland
Brisbane QLD 4072
AUSTRALIA


Office: Room 401, Physics Annexe
Tel: (+61-7) 3365 3404
Fax: (+61-7) 3365 1242
Personal webpage: www.todwright.org
Email: todwphysics.uq.edu.au

Research Interests

  • Ultracold atomic gases; Bose-Einstein condensation.
  • Dynamics of quantum vortices and their interaction with thermal excitations.
  • Superfluid dynamics away from equilibrium.
  • Stochastic and ergodic methods for the simulation of thermal fields.


Selected Publications

  • T. M. Wright, A. S. Bradley, and R. J. Ballagh, “Nonequilibrium dynamics of vortex arrest in a finite-temperature Bose-Einstein condensate,” Phys. Rev. A 81, 013610 (2010).
  • T. M. Wright, A. S. Bradley, and R. J. Ballagh, “Finite-temperature dynamics of a single vortex in a Bose-Einstein condensate: Equilibrium precession and rotational symmetry breaking,” Phys. Rev. A 80, 053624 (2009).
  • T. M. Wright, R. J. Ballagh, A. S. Bradley, P. B. Blakie, and C. W. Gardiner, “Dynamical thermalization and vortex formation in stirred two-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates,” Phys. Rev. A 78, 063601 (2008).


 
 

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