Controlling Emergent Behavior in Quantum Matter from a Theory Perspective
Virtual eventSpeaker: Prineha Narang, Harvard University
CM Seminar: Controlling Emergent Behavior in Quantum Matter from a Theory Perspective
Virtual eventSpeaker: Prineha Narang, Assistant Professor at Harvard University My group’s research focuses on how quantum matter behaves, particularly away from equilibrium, and how we can harness emergent effects in these systems. In this context, I will focus on our newly introduced approaches to describe excited-states in quantum matter, including electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions beyond […]
New Student Orientation
Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute Room 311, 2235 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaNew students are invited to learn about the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (Blusson QMI) from our Scientific Director, Andrea Damascelli, and gain practical advice from other members of Blusson QMI and the student committee. Save the date and await more information in the upcoming days. Lunch will be served.
Jason Alicea: Internally engineered Majorana modes in twisted bilayer graphene
Virtual eventAbstract: Twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) realizes an exquisitely tunable, strongly interacting system featuring superconductivity and various correlated insulating states. In this talk I will introduce gate-defined wires in TBG as an enticing platform for Majorana-based fault-tolerant qubits. Our proposal notably relies on “internally” generated superconductivity in TBG – as opposed to “external” superconducting proximity effects […]
Returning Home and Pathways to Reconciliation
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Orange Shirt Day
Virtual eventSeptember 30 is Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Wear orange to show your support for Survivors and their families.
CM Seminar – Benjamin Frandsen
Talk title: From Quantum Magnets to Magnetic Thermoelectrics: Short-Range Spin Correlations and the Secrets They Keep Speaker: Benjamin Frandsen, Brigham Young University Abstract: Short-range magnetic correlations have been increasingly recognized in recent years for their importance in contexts as widely varied as geometrically frustrated magnetism and functional magnetocaloric materials. Neutron scattering provides experimental access to […]
CM Seminar – Andrew Potter
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66879995529?pwd=dHpQb25LSGVZK3ozY243em5tenRWQT09 Meeting ID: 668 7999 5529 Passcode: 113399 Abstract: Quantum computation tantalizing promises efficient solutions to a broad range of classically-hard materials and chemistry simulation problems of interest to both basic science and practical applications. However, nascent quantum processors are severely limited in both memory and accuracy, and remain a long way from surpassing state-of-the-art classical […]
Careers in Academia
Virtual eventSpeakers: Dr. Andrew (Drew) Potter Educational Background: Ph.D. in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology B.Sc. in Engineering Physics, Brown University Research Interest: basic research problems in quantum materials, atomic-molecular and optical systems, quantum information science, and quantum computing. Apart from academia, Drew worked in industry quantum computing R&D at Honeywell. Dr. Ludmila Szulakowska Educational Background: […]
Vedika Khemani: Non-unitary dynamics via spacetime duality
Virtual eventhttps://ubc.zoom.us/j/66879995529?pwd=dHpQb25LSGVZK3ozY243em5tenRWQT09 Meeting ID: 668 7999 5529 Passcode: 113399 Abstract: The addition of non-unitary ingredients to many-body quantum dynamics has led to a series of exciting developments in recent years, including new out-of-equilibrium entanglement phases and phase transitions enabled by quantum measurements. I will present recent work in which we show that a duality transformation between space and time on one […]
Shanti Deemyad: Physics of Light Dense Matter: Quantum and Classical Effects in Dense lithium
Virtual eventhttps://ubc.zoom.us/j/66879995529?pwd=dHpQb25LSGVZK3ozY243em5tenRWQT09 Meeting ID: 668 7999 5529 Passcode: 113399 Speaker: Prof. Shanti Deemyad, University of Utah Restricting the volume of a material, through application of pressure, changes the dominance of interactions within the material, and exposes unnatural states of matter not found in our predominantly adiabatic universe. One of the most exotic phenomena in […]
Dark Matter Day
HR MacMillan Space Centre 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaLeading researchers from UBC Physics and Astronomy will take over the Planetarium Star Theatre at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre and present their research using novel visual displays to explain dark matter -- which is essentially invisible! If you can’t make it in person you can join in over Zoom.