Previous Events
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| Event Name | Date, Time and Host | Summary |
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| Exploring anyons and black holes-like dynamics in flatland |
The world and the Universe we live in are composed of fermions and bosons. The quantum statistics of these particles overwhelmingly governs what we see around us. But one could wonder, can other kinds of quantum particles exist? I will begin this… Show more Speaker: Smitha Vishveshwara, UIUC |
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| Strongly-interacting systems: from fractional quantum Hall effect to field-theoretic dualities |
Quantum systems with strong interaction exist in many branches of physics and present a challenge for theory. We will discuss some recent methods to solve the problem, focusing on one particular example: the fractional quantum Hall fluid. Many phenomena… Show more Speaker: Prof. Dam Thanh Son, University of Chicago |
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| Climatic and Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear War |
A nuclear war between any two nations, such as India and Pakistan, with each country using 50 Hiroshima-sized atom bombs as airbursts on urban areas, could inject 5 Tg of soot from the resulting fires into the stratosphere, so much smoke that the resulting climate… Show more Speaker: Dr. Alan Robock, Rutgers University |