Staff profile

Dr Simon Gardiner, BA, MSc (Waikato), Dr rer nat (Innsbruck)

Reader in the Department of Physics

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 43683

Room number: 110

Biography

I am originally from Hamilton, New Zealand. I initially studied Biology and Chemistry at the University of Waikato, before changing to Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,subsequently carrying out my doctoral studies in theoretical physics at the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria. I then did postdoctoral work in Potsdam, Hannover, Oxford, and JILA (Colorado), before, in 2005, taking up a lectureship in the Durham University Department of Physics.

Research interests

Theoretical atomic physics, cold-atom physics, quantum nonlinear dynamics. At present, specifically, bright matter-wave solitons in attractively interacting Bose-Einstein condensates, and quantum resonance phenomena in periodically laser-pulsed clouds of cold atoms.

Research Groups

Atomic and Molecular Physics

Publications

Book chapters: online

Billam, T.P. , Marchant, A.L. , Cornish, S.L. , Gardiner, S.A. & Parker, N.G. (Published). Bright solitary matter waves: formation, stability and interactions. In Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking, Self-trapping and Josephson Oscillations. Malomed, B. Springer.
Davis, M.J. Gardiner, S.A. , Hanna, T.M. Nygaard, N. Proukakis, N.P. & Szymanska, M.H. (2013). Introduction to theoretical modelling. In Non-equilibrium and finite temperature quantum gases. Proukakis, N.P., Gardiner, S.A. , Davis, M.J. & Szymanska, M.H. Imperial College Press.
Gardiner, S.A. & Billam, T.P. (2013). Number-conserving approaches for atomic Bose-Einstein condensates: an overview. In Non-equilibrium and finite temperature quantum gases. Proukakis, N.P. Gardiner, S.A. , Davis, M.J. & Szymanska, M.H. Imperial College Press.
Proukakis, N.P. Davis, M.J. & Gardiner, S.A. (2013). Selected theoretical comparisons for bosons. In Non-equilibrium and finite temperature quantum gases. Proukakis, N.P. Gardiner, S.A. , Davis, M.J. & Szymanska, M.H. Imperial College Press.

Books: edited

Proukakis, N.P. Gardiner, S.A. , Davis, M.J. & Szymanska, M.H. (2013). Non-equilibrium and finite temperature quantum gases. Imperial College Press.

Journal papers: academic

Billam, T.P. , Mason, P. & Gardiner, S.A. (2013). Second-order number-conserving description of nonequilibrium dynamics in finite-temperature Bose-Einstein condensates. Physical Review A 87(3).
Gardiner, S.A. , Gies, H. Jaeckel, J. & Wallace, C.J. (2013). Tunnelling of the 3rd kind: A test of the effective non-locality of quantum field theory. EPL (Europhysics Letters) 101(6): 61001.
Helm, J. L., Billam, T. P. & Gardiner, S. A. (2012). Bright matter-wave soliton collisions at narrow barriers. Physical Review A: atomic, molecular and optical physics 85(5): 053621.
Billam, T. P. & Gardiner, S. A. (2012). Coherence and instability in a driven Bose–Einstein condensate: a fully dynamical number-conserving approach. New Journal of Physics 14(1): 013038.
Holdaway, D. I. H., Weiss, C. & Gardiner, S. A. (2012). Quantum theory of bright matter-wave solitons in harmonic confinement. Physical Review A 85(5): 053618.
Billam, T. P., Wrathmall, S. A. & Gardiner, S. A. (2012). Variational determination of approximate bright matter-wave soliton solutions in anisotropic traps. Physical Review A 85(1): 013627.
Billam, T. P., Cornish, S. L. & Gardiner, S. A. (2011). Realizing bright-matter-wave-soliton collisions with controlled relative phase. Physical Review A 83(4): 041602.
Halkyard, P. L. , Jones, M. P. A. & Gardiner, S. A. (2010). Rotational response of two-component Bose-Einstein condensates in ring traps. Physical Review A 81(6): 061602.
Wallis, A. O. G., Gardiner, S. A. & Hutson, J.M. (2009). Conical intersections in laboratory coordinates with ultracold molecules. Physical Review Letters 103(8): 083201.
Saunders, M., Halkyard, P. L., Gardiner, S. A. & Challis, K. J. (2009). Fractional resonances in the atom-optical delta-kicked accelerator. Physical Review A 79(2): 023423.
Billam, T. P. & Gardiner, S. A (2009). Quantum resonances in the delta-kicked harmonic oscillator. Physical Review A 80(2): 023414.
Martin, A. D., Adams, C. S. & Gardiner, S. A. (2008). Bright solitary-matter-wave collisions in a harmonic trap: Regimes of solitonlike behavior. Physical Review A 77(1): 013620.
Halkyard, P. L., Saunders, M., Gardiner, S. A. & Challis, K. J. (2008). Power-law behavior in the quantum-resonant evolution of the delta-kicked accelerator. Physical Review A 78(6): 063401.
Gardiner, S. A. & Morgan, S. A. (2007). A number-conserving approach to a minimal self-consistent treatment of condensate and non-condensate dynamics in a degenerate Bose gas. Physical Review A 75(4): 043621.
Martin, A. D., Adams, C. S. & Gardiner, S. A. (2007). Bright matter-wave soliton collisions in a harmonic trap regular and chaotic dynamics. Physical Review Letters 98(2): 020402.
Saunders, M., Halkyard, P. L., Challis, K. J. & Gardiner, S. A. (2007). Manifestation of quantum resonances and antiresonances in a finite temperature dilute atomic gas. Physical Review A 76(4): 043415.
Buchleitner, A., d'Arcy, M. B., Fishman, S., Gardiner, S. A., Guarneri, I., Ma, Z. -Y., Rebuzzini, L. & Summy, G. S. (2006). Quantum Accelerator Modes from the Farey Tree. Physical Review Letters 96(16): 164101.
Ma, Z. -Y., Burnett K., d'Arcy, M. B. & Gardiner, S. A. (2006). Quantum random walks using quantum accelerator modes. Physical Review A 73(1): 013401.
Bach, R., Burnett, K., d'Arcy, M. B. & Gardiner, S. A. (2005). Quantum-mechanical cumulant dynamics near stable periodic orbits in phase space: Application to the classical-like dynamics of quantum accelerator modes. Physical Review A 71(3): 033417.
Henkel, C., Gardiner, S. A. & Negretti, A. (2004). (De)coherence Physics With Condensates In Microtraps. Laser Physics 14(4): 615-620.
Góral, K., Köhler, T., Gardiner, S. A., Tiesinga, E. & Julienne, P. S. (2004). Adiabatic association of ultracold molecules via magnetic-field tunable interactions. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 37(17): 3457-3500.
Henkel, C. & Gardiner, S. A. (2004). Decoherence of Bose-Einstein condensates in microtraps. Physical Review A 69(4): 043602.
Ma, Z.-Y., d'Arcy, M. B. & Gardiner, S. A. (2004). Gravity-sensitive quantum dynamics in cold atoms. Physical Review Letters 93(16): 164101.
Schlunk, S., d'Arcy, M. B., Gardiner, S. A. & Summy, G. S. (2003). Experimental observation of high-order quantum accelerator modes. Physical Review Letters 90(12): 124102.
Schlunk, S., d'Arcy, M. B., Gardiner, S. A., Cassettari, D., Godun, R. M. & Summy, G. S. (2003). Signatures of Quantum Stability in a Classically Chaotic System. Physical Review Letters 90(5): 054101.
Gardiner, S.A. (2002). (Quantum) chaos in Bose-Einstein condensates. Journal of Modern Optics 49(12): 1971-1977.
Albus, A. P., Gardiner, S. A. , Illuminati, F. & Wilkens, M. (2002). Quantum field theory of dilute homogeneous Bose-Fermi mixtures at zero temperature: General formalism and beyond mean-field corrections. Physical Review A 65(5): 053607.
d'Arcy, M. B., Godun, R. M., Oberthaler, M. K., Summy, G. S., Burnett, K. & Gardiner, S. A. (2001). Approaching classicality in quantum accelerator modes through decoherence. Physical Review E 64(5): 056233.
Gardiner, S. A., Gheri, K. M. & Zoller, P. (2001). Cavity-assisted quasiparticle damping in a Bose-Einstein condensate. Physical Review A 63(5): 051603.
Jaksch, D., Gardiner, S. A., Schulze, K., Cirac, J. I. & Zoller, P. (2001). Uniting Bose-Einstein Condensates in Optical Resonators. Physical Review Letters 86(21): 4733-4736.
Gardiner, S. A., Jaksch, D., Dum, R., Cirac, J. I. & Zoller, P. (2000). Nonlinear matter wave dynamics with a chaotic potential. Physical Review A 62(2): 023612.
Gardiner, S. A., Cirac, J. I. & Zoller, P. (1997). Nonclassical states and measurement of general motional observables of a trapped ion. Physical Review A 55(3): 1683-1694.
Gardiner, S. A., Cirac, J. I. & Zoller, P. (1997). Quantum Chaos in an Ion Trap: The Delta-Kicked Harmonic Oscillator. Physical Review Letters 79(24): 4790-4793.
Pellizzari, T., Gardiner, S. A., Cirac, J. I. & Zoller, P. (1995). Decoherence, continuous observation, and quantum computing: A cavity QED model. Physical Review Letters 75(21): 3788-3791.