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SUMMARY:Fundamental bounds in quantum transport\, from black holes to bad m
	etals
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Sean Hartnoll\, Stanford\nHosted by: Liam Fitzpatrick
	\nPoster: http://physics.bu.edu/internal//files/get/041916-Hartnoll.pdf\n\n
	Part of the Physics Department Colloquia Series.\n\nElectrical transport in
	 unconventional materials such as "bad metals" continues to pose tough chal
	lenges for theory. I will argue that a promising approach to understanding 
	the properties of these materials is through the notion of fundamental quan
	tum bounds on certain observables\, that can apply independently of the mic
	roscopic dynamics. Some evidence for such bounds has come from the study of
	 black holes\, which have been argued to be the "most extreme" of all physi
	cal systems in various senses that I will discuss. In particular\, the diff
	usion of energy across a black hole event horizon shares important features
	 in common with the transport of energy and change in a bad metal.
LOCATION:SCI 109\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
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