(April 28, 2015) Quantum
particles behave in strange ways and are often difficult to study
experimentally. Using mathematical methods drawn from game theory, LMU
physicists have shown how bosons, which like to enter the same state, can form
multiple groups.
When scientists explore the mysterious behavior of quantum
particles, they soon reach the limits of present-day experimental research.
From there on, progress is only possible with the aid of theoretical ideas. NIM
investigator Prof. Erwin Frey and his team at the Dept. of Statistical and Biological
Physics (LMU Munich) have followed this route to study the behavior of bosons.
Bosons are quantum particles that like to cluster together. But by applying
methods from the mathematical field of game theory, the Munich physicists were
able to explain why and under what conditions bosons form multiple groups.