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# Quantum Matter

This series consists of talks in the area of Quantum Matter.

## Seminar Series Events/Videos

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## Integer Quantum Hall Effect for Bosons: A Physical Realization

Vendredi juil 27, 2012
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A simple physical realization of an integer quantum Hall
state of interacting two dimensional bosons is provided. This is an example of
a "symmetry-protected topological" (SPT) phase which is a
generalization of the concept of topological insulators to systems of
interacting bosons or fermions. Universal physical properties of the boson
integer quantum Hall state are described and shown to correspond to those
expected from general classifications of SPT phases.

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## Symmetry Protected Topological Phases; from Quantum Entanglement to Interaction Effects

Vendredi juil 27, 2012
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I will briefly review topological phases of non
interacting fermions, such as topological insulators, and discuss how ideas
from quantum information, in particular the entanglement spectrum, can be used
to characterize them.

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## Entanglement, Holography, and the Quantum Phases of Matter

Vendredi juil 13, 2012
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## Entangling Superconductivity and antiferromagnetism: Quantum Monte Carlo without the sign Problem

Mercredi juil 11, 2012
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It has long been known that a metal near an instability
to antiferromagnetism also has a weak-coupling Cooper instability to
spin-singlet d-wave-like superconductivity.

However, the theory of the antiferromagnetic quantum
critical point flows to strong-coupling in two spatial dimensions, and so the
fate of the superconductivity has also been unclear.

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## Pyrochlore Material Yb_2Ti_2O_7: A Model Quantum Spin Ice

Vendredi juin 15, 2012
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We discuss the thermodynamic properties of the model
exchange quantum spin ice material Yb_2Ti_2O_7. Using exchange parameters
recently determined from high-field neutron scattering measurements, we
calculate the thermodynamic properties of this model system. We find very good
agreement with the heat capacity, entropy and magnetization measurements on the
materials. We show that, in the weak quantum regime, quantum fluctuations lead
to the selection, within the spin-ice manifold, of a conventional ordered

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## Relaxation in Driven Integer Quantum Hall Edge States

Vendredi juin 01, 2012
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This talk will be about non-equilibrium many-body physics in integer quantum Hall edge states far from equilibrium. Recent experiments have generated a highly non-thermal electron distribution by bringing together at a point contact two quantum Hall edge states originating from sources at different potentials. The relaxation of this distribution to a stationary form is observed as a function of distance downstream from the contact [Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 056803 (2010)]. I will discuss the broader context for the experiments and a physical picture of the equilibration process.

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## Universal Spin Duals to Majorana Networks, Fractionalization in Exactly Solvable Systems, and Holography

Vendredi mai 25, 2012
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## Correlated Electronic States in Conjugated Polymers: A DMRG Approach

Vendredi mai 18, 2012
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Electrons in conjugated organic polymers and molecules are strongly correlated since most of these systems are quasi one-dimensional.  Experimental evidences include existence of two photons below one photon state, observation of negative spin densities in polyene radicals and qualitatively different behavior of  optical gaps in polyenes and closely related symmetric cynanine dyes in the thermodynamic limiy. In this talk, I will introduce the model Hamiltonians for the electron states in conjugated systems.

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## Emergent Gauge Fields and their Condensation in Quantum Spin Liquids

Vendredi mai 11, 2012
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Large quantum fluctuations in certain quantum spin systems destroy long range magnetic order such as antiferromagnetism. Resulting paramagnetic states are called a quantum spin liquids. These states support emergent gauge fields [1]. Under certain conditions, emergent gauge fields condense in the ground state, leading to a chiral spin liquid state [2]. A condensed magnetic field' for example, correspond to presence of spontaneous circulating spin current or spin chirality'[3].

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## Spin-liquid Phase in Spin-1/2 square J_1-J_2 Heisenberg Model: A Tensor Product State Approach

Mercredi avr 25, 2012
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The ground state phase of spin-1/2 J1-J2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on square lattice in the maximally frustrated regime (J2 ~ 0.5J1) has been debated for decades. Here we study this model by using a recently proposed novel numerical method - the cluster update algorithm for tensor product states (TPSs). The ground state energies at finite sizes and in the thermodynamic limit (with finite size scaling) are in good agreement with the state of art exact diagonalization study, and

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## LECTURES ON-DEMAND

### Gabriela González, Louisiana State University

Speaker: Gabriela Gonzalez