Peter Scherpelz
The University of Chicago
Institute for Molecular Engineering
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 834-7392
Email: pscherpelz at uchicago edu
Former Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Education
- Ph.D.. in Physics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA (2014)
- M.S. in Physics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA (2009)
- B.S. in Physics, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA, USA (2008)
Professional Affiliations
- American Physical Society (APS)
Areas of Interest
- Quantum information: devices, applications, and theory, especially for semiconductor defect systems and ultracold atomic gas systems
- Strongly-interacting superconductors and superfluids, including transport, high magnetic field effects, and vortex dynamics
- Application and development of high-performance computing tools to condensed matter and atomic physics
Experience
- 2014 - Present, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago
- 2013 - 2014, Research Assistant, James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago
- 2008 - 2013, Hertz Fellow (R.L. Moore Fellowship), Department of Physics and James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago
- 2007 - 2008, Research Assistant, Physics, Harvey Mudd College
- 2006, Computer Science REU, Harvey Mudd College
Publications
- P. Scherpelz and G. Galli
Optimizing surface defects for atomic-scale electronics: Si dangling bonds
Phys. Rev. Materials, Accepted (2017)
- P. Scherpelz, M. Govoni, I. Hamada, and G. Galli
Implementation and Validation of Fully-Relativistic GW Calculations: Spin-Orbit Coupling in Molecules, Nanocrystals and Solids
J. Chem. Theory Comput. 12 (8), 3523-3544 (2016)
- P. Scherpelz, K. Padavić, A. Murray, A. Glatz, I. Aranson, and K. Levin
Generic equilibration dynamics of planar defects in trapped atomic superfluids
Phys. Rev. A 91, 033621 (2015)
- Rufus Boyack, Chien-Te Wu, Peter Scherpelz, and K. Levin
Exact correlation functions in the cuprate pseudogap phase: Combined effects of charge order and pairing
Phys. Rev. B 90 220513(R) (2014)
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P. Scherpelz, K. Padavić, A. Murray, A. Glatz, I. Aranson, K. Levin
Universal Behavior of Perturbation-Induced Defects in Trapped Superfluids
Preprint, arXiv:1410.0067 [cond-mat.quant-gas] (2014)
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P. Scherpelz, K. Padavić, A. Rançon, A. Glatz, I. Aranson, K. Levin
Phase Imprinting in Equilibrating Fermi Gases: The Transience of Vortex Rings and Other Defects
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113 125301 (2014)
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P. Scherpelz, A. Rançon, Y. He, K. Levin
Unified treatment of Fermi pockets and arcs scenarios for the cuprates: Sum-rule-consistent response functions of the pseudogap
Phys. Rev. B 90 060506(R) (2014)
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P. Scherpelz, Y. He, K. Levin
Quantum oscillations in non-Fermi liquids: Implications for high-temperature superconductors
Phys. Rev. B, 88 220507(R) (2013)
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Y. He, P. Scherpelz, K. Levin
Theory of fluctuating charge ordering in the pseudogap phase of cuprates via a preformed pair approach
Phys. Rev. B 88 064516 (2013)
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P. Scherpelz, D. Wulin, K. Levin, A.K. Rajagopal
Pseudogap effects of Fermi gases in the presence of a magnetic field
Phys. Rev. A 87 063602 (2013)
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P. Scherpelz, D. Wulin, B. Šopík, K. Levin, A.K. Rajagopal
General pairing theory for condensed and noncondensed Cooper pairs of a superconductor in a high magnetic field
Phys. Rev. B 87 204516 (2013)
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P. Scherpelz, R. Resch, D. Berryrieser, T.W. Lynn
Entanglement-secured single-qubit quantum secret sharing.
Phys. Rev. A 84 032303 (2011)
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K. Corcoran, S. Flaxman, M. Neyer, P. Scherpelz, C. Weidert, R. Libeskind-Hadas
Approximation Algorithms for Traffic Grooming in WDM Rings
ICC'09 pp.1-6 (2009)