Abstract:
Nuclear physicists share the same appreciation with condensed matter physicists that complex phenomena can emerge when the system has a large amount of particles. The challenge is how to link the complexity to the fundamental theory of strong interaction — Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). I will present one rare example showing how this could be done.
Brief Bio:
Jiunn-Wei Chen is professor of Physics at National Taiwan University (NTU). Prof. Chen received his undergraduate degree from Tsinghua University, a MS degree from NTU and Ph. D. from the University of Washington, Seattle. He was a postdoc at Maryland and then MIT before joining the faculty of NTU. He was the director of the NCTS north branch and NTU-CTS. He was also the associate director and now a center scientist of LeCosPA.
Prof. Chen is a nuclear theorist. He is perhaps most well known for his work on nuclear effective theory and its great simplification on weak interaction processes in nuclear physics, which was used by the SNO collaboration in their Nobel prize winning experiment to solve the solar neutrino problem. In addition, Prof. Chen also has highly cited work on the cosmological constant problem, lattice QCD and quantum phases. Prof. Chen has more than one hundred papers so far. His work was recognized by a Dissertation in Nuclear Physics Award from the American Physical Society, Ta-Yu Wu research award from NSC, and two Gold-Jade Research Awards from NTU.