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SUMMARY:Introduction to Topological Phases of Matter - Carl Turner
DTSTART:20190224T114000Z
DTEND:20190224T121500Z
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DESCRIPTION:I will talk a little about how we traditionally classify state
 s of matter\, and then blow this out of the water by introducing the idea 
 of a topological phase of matter. The idea is that even fairly innocuous i
 nteractions between particles can result in striking collective behaviours
  at low energies\; this includes sensitivity to the topology of the surfac
 e that the system is built on\, and emergent "anyonic" particle-like objec
 ts\, exhibiting properties that are impossible for fundamental particles i
 n our universe. These phases of matter have connections to many areas of o
 ngoing research\, from pure mathematical classification problems\, through
  dreams of quantum computation and quantum error correction\, to condensed
  matter experiments. I will try to give a brief overview of how all this a
 rises through simple examples.
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Theatre\, Trinity College
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