Condensed Matter Theory

Held in SCI 328.

August 1st, 2019 to July 31st, 2020. Previous/next year.
Sep26
Dr. Denny Dahl
D-Wave Systems
 Quantum simulation with the DW-2000Q Host: Anders Sandvik
Oct02
Zhicheng Yang
Boston University Physics Department
 Path to building quantum spin liquids and topological qubits within existing quantum hardware
Oct09
Phil Crowley
Boston University
 Topological classes of quantum dynamics in quasi-periodically driven systems
Oct16
Julian Ingham
Boston University, Physics Department
 High temperature superconductivity in semiconductor artificial graphene
Oct23
Inti Sodemann
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
 Bosonization and the Shear Sound of Metals and The Non-linear Hall Effect in Time-Reversal-Invariant Materials Host: Claudio Chamon
Oct25
Viktor Novicenko 
Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy Vilnius University
 Floquet analysis of a quantum system with modulated periodic driving
Oct30
Garry Goldstein
Rutgers University
 Extending the Gutzwiller approximation to intersite interactions Host: Claudio Chamon
Nov06
Sarang Gopalakrishnan 
The City University of New York
 Anomalous transport in integrable spin chains Host: Anushya Chandran
Nov13
Roger Melko
University of Waterloo and the Perimeter Institute
 How hard is it to learn a quantum state?
Nov20
Hiroki Isobe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 Many-body physics around Van Hove singularities: from twisted bilayer graphene to supermetal and non-Fermi liquid Host: Claudio Chamon
Dec06
Brian Skinner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ohio State University
 The Unprecedented Thermoelectric Properties of Nodal Semimetals in a Magnetic Field Host: Julian Ingham
Dec11
Torsten Zache
Heidelberg University
 Quantum simulation of high-energy physics - microscopic and macroscopic approaches
Feb07
Andreas Hartmann 
University of Innsbruck
 Counterdiabatic and inhomogeneous driving in lattice gauge quantum computing and heat engines
Feb12
James Propp
UMass Lowell
 A macro-meso-microscopic view of disk packing Host: Julian Ingham
Feb19
Dominik Juraschek
Harvard University
 Dynamical Materials Design Host: Wanzheng Hu
Mar18
Adarsh Ganesan
US National Institute of Standards and Technology
 CANCELLED: Phononic Frequency Combs – A New Addition to Photonics, MEMS, Quantum Information Science and Material Nanoscience Host: Christopher Laumann
Apr01
Srinivas Raghu
Stanford University
 CANCELLED: CMT Seminar - Title TBA Host: Claudio Chamon