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SUMMARY:Building Synthetic Materials from Ultracold Atoms: Quantum Magnetis
	m in an Optical Lattice
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Jonathan Simon\, Harvard University\nHosted by: Anato
	li Polkovnikov\n\nPart of the Condensed Matter Theory Seminar Series.\n\nAb
	stract:\nUltracold atoms in optical lattices form a unique testbed for quan
	tum many-body physics. Using such systems it has recently become possible t
	o engineer strongly-correlated materials from the ground up andI will descr
	ibe experiments in which we have synthesized the first magnetic material co
	mposed of ultracold atoms\, and watched it undergo a quantum phase transiti
	on from a paramagnet to an antiferromagnet. I will then introduce a ne
	w algorithmic cooling scheme that we have demonstrated\, which points the w
	ay to even more exotic quantum phases that exist at lower temperatures. In 
	addition\, I will describe recent experiments studying bilayer quantum gase
	s\, with promising applications in generation and detection of even more va
	ried strongly correlated materials.
LOCATION:SCI 328\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
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