From 68ff095be83e7d0e29a7adb6578f59a0549cb146 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Hodson Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 09:42:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update 2022-01-02-viva-lecture.md --- _talks/2022-01-02-viva-lecture.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_talks/2022-01-02-viva-lecture.md b/_talks/2022-01-02-viva-lecture.md index 138488e..8c0d1d3 100644 --- a/_talks/2022-01-02-viva-lecture.md +++ b/_talks/2022-01-02-viva-lecture.md @@ -12,13 +12,15 @@ location: "Huxley 711c" # Interacting Quantum Many-Body Systems I have known and Loved _Or what I've been doing for the last four years!_ +This is a short talk I'll give just ahead of my viva to mark the end of my PhD. It will be hybrid in-person/online. The meeting link will be added here later. + __Where__: Room 711C, Floor 7, Huxley Building, Imperial College London \\ __When__: 13:30 - 14:10, December 2nd, 2022 \\ __What__: This talk will be a gentle introduction to what I've been researching for the last four years. __Abstract__: Large systems of interacting objects can give rise to many different emergent behaviours. Make those objects quantum and the possibilities only expand. Interacting quantum many-body systems, as such systems are called, include essentially all physical systems. Luckily, we don't usually need to consider this full quantum many-body description. The world at the human scale is essentially classical (not quantum), while at the microscopic scale of condensed matter physics we can often get by without interactions. Strongly correlated materials (SCMs), however, do require the full description. Some of the most exciting topics in modern condensed matter fall under this umbrella: the spin liquids, the fractional quantum Hall effect, high temperature superconductivity and much more. -The lecture will be hybrid in person/online. The meeting link will be added here later. +