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LOCATION:2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
SUMMARY:Quantum information and a Michelson-Morley test with electrons
 \, Physics Department Colloquium\, Hartmut Haffner\, University of Cal
 ifornia\, Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:Quantum information processing promises to speed up certai
 n computational tasks. The expectations are high\, but many technologi
 cal hurdles have to be overcome before we can build a quantum computer
 . Nevertheless\, already today quantum information allows for novel in
 sights into physics. In this talk\, I will summarize our progress towa
 rds building an ion trap quantum computer as well as a surprising appl
 ication of quantum information to fundamental physics. Using the preci
 se experimental control over individual ions\, we verify Lorentz invar
 iance at a level of 10-18\, improving the limits set by traditional Mi
 chelson-Morley experiments by a factor of five. 
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=3577
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