Seminars

On an irregular basis various Special Seminars take place at the MPQ. The seminars are organized by scientists of our divisions, administration or staff representatives. The location will be announced with the event.

Computational power of symmetry-protected topological phases (D. Stephen)

Date: Apr 11, 2017
Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Daivd Stephen
University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Canada
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ, Theory Division

In many-body physics, many essential properties of a quantum state are determined by the phase of matter in which it resides. Recent years have witnessed tremendous progress in the discovery and classification of quantum phases, and it is thus pertinent to ask: what can a phase of matter be used for? [more]