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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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.