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SUMMARY:Quantum entanglement and the phases of matter
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Subir Sachdev\, Harvard University\nHosted by: Anatol
	i Polkovnikov\nPoster: http://physics.bu.edu/posters/2012_Spring/04_Sachdev
	.pdf\n\nPart of the Physics Department Colloquia Series.\n\nAbstract: In ma
	ny modern materials\, electrons quantum-entangle with each other across lon
	g distances\, and produce new phases of matter\, such as high temperature s
	uperconductors. We face the challenge of describing the entanglement of 10^
	{23} electrons\, which is being being met by many ideas. A promising recent
	 approach uses string theory. This theory was originally constructed as a u
	nification of the quantum field theory of elementary particles with Einstei
	n's theory of gravitation. Unexpectedly\, the "dualities" of string theory 
	have given us a new perspective on long-range entanglement in quantum model
	s which describe electrons in modern materials in easily accessible laborat
	ory environments.\n 
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