Career

• 2018-date: PhD Theoretical Physics, Cambridge
• 2013-2017: BS Physics, University of Denver

Research

Sam works in the quantum fluids group within the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. In general his interests lie in the emergence of structure in chaotic systems, with a particular emphasis on pattern formation in out-of-equilibrium condensates. Research themes include quantum turbulence as well as the structure and dynamics of solitons.

Selected Publications

• Alperin and Berloff, "Spontaneous Rotation, Multiply Charged Vortices, and the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in Nonconservative Trapped Bose Condensates", arXiv:2001.10314, 2020
• Alperin and Berloff, "Formation and Dynamics of Quantum Hydrodynamical Breathing Ring Solitons", Phys. Rev. A (Rapid), 2020
• Alperin, Groteleuschen and Siemens, "Quantum Turbulent Structure in Light," Phys. Rev. Lett., 2019
• Alperin and Siemens, "Angular Momentum of Topologically Structured Darkness", Phys. Rev. Lett., 2017