ME AND QUANTUM MECHANICS!
I am a theoretical physicist studying how quantum mechanics affects the behaviour of electrons as they move in nanometre-sized circuits. Quantum mechanics is the theory of wave-particle duality. It means that ...

> INTRODUCTION TO MY RESEARCH

RECENT PREPRINT
Title - Universal statistics for boundary collisions of random walks, and its implications for polarized gases
Authors - Dominique J Bicout, Robert Golub, Efim Kats, Alexander K Petukhov, Robert S Whitney
Free access - arXiv:1112.4817

Non-technical overview - pdf (appeared in I.L.L. 2011 Annual Report)

> LIST OF PAPERS AND PREPRINTS

RECENT PAPER
Title - Temperature can enhance coherent oscillations at a Landau-Zener transition
Authors - Robert S Whitney, Maxime Clusel,Timothy Ziman
Journal - Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 210402 (2011)
Free access - arXiv:1104.0169

Non-technical overview - pdf (appeared in I.L.L. 2011 Annual Report)

> LIST OF PAPERS AND PREPRINTS

RECENT PAPER - EPL Cover Story
Title - Coherent Thermoelectric Effects in Mesoscopic Andreev Interferometers
Authors - Philippe Jacquod and Robert S Whitney
Journal - EPL, 91, 67009 (2010)
EPL Cover Image - Artwork by Frédéque Swist (Vol. 96 Oct 2011) [pdf]
 
Free access - arXiv:0910.2943

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RECENT PAPER
Title - Suppression of non-adiabatic phases by a non-Markovian environment: Easier observation of Berry phases
Authors - Robert S Whitney
Journal - Phys. Rev. A, 81, 032108 (2010)
Free access - arXiv:0806.4897

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UPDATE ON OUR 2008 WORKSHOP [24-29 Feb. 2008 - Banff, Canada]

Quantum chaos : Routes to RMT and Beyond
Organizers: G. Berkolaiko, U. Smilansky and R.S. Whitney.

> FINAL REPORT including a layman's introduction to quantum chaos (pdf)
> LIST OF PARTICIPANTS WITH UP-TO-DATE LIST OF THEIR PAPERS
> TRANSPARENCIES FROM ALMOST ALL THE SEMINARS