Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute
Special Seminar by Kyle Monkman – Symmetry Protection in Hermitian and Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians
Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute Room 311, 2235 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaSpeaker: Kyle Monkman, The University of Manitoba Talk title: Symmetry Protection in Hermitian and Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians Abstract: Symmetry-protected topological insulators are protected by both the symmetry and by the system’s band gap. This protection means that certain properties of the system remain unchanged by deformations of the (Hermitian) Hamiltonian. In my PhD work, we have […]
CM Seminar: Professor Romain Vasseur – Anomalous Diffusion in Quantum Spin Chains
Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute Room 311, 2235 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaProfessor Romain Vasseur – University of Massachusetts, Amherst Title: Anomalous diffusion in quantum spin chains Abstract: High-temperature quantum transport is usually assumed to be incoherent and diffusive. In this talk, I will explain how anomalous transport in quantum spin chains can emerge from proximity to special integrable limits, due to a hierarchy of long-lived quasiparticle […]
CM Seminar: Zac Ward – Disorder as an Order Parameter
Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute Room 311, 2235 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaZac Ward - Oak Ridge National Laboratory Titel: Disorder as an Order Parameter Abstract: The way that materials behave can simply be thought of as a response to what the electrons in the material are doing. Controlling the atoms’ arrangement to one another in a crystal lattice changes where the electrons reside and how they […]
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.