Time: Thursday 9 July 2015 – 1:00pm
Place: New Horizons (Building 82), Theatre G29 (map)

Topological states of quantum matter

Associate Professor Victor Gurarie, University of Colorado, Boulder

Topological states of quantum matter is a rapidly developing area of research in condensed matter physics. Beginning from quantum Hall effect in the 80s-90s, and continuing with topological insulators a decade later, this field of study is now full of theoretical models with anticipated exotic behaviour which await their experimental discovery and observation. I will describe the ongoing research in this field, both towards classifying topological states and figuring out how to observe them experimentally.

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