Informal Condensed Matter Seminars@MIT

Seminar Archive: Fall 2002 – Spring 2005

Schedule

Spring 2005

February 9 Claudio Castelnovo, Boston University.
What is special about Rokhsar-Kivelson Hamiltonians? Beyond the RK point: the Stochastic Matrix Form representation of quantum systems [abstract]
February 16 Sung-Sik Lee, MIT.
U(1) Gauge Theory of the Hubbard Model : Spin Liquid States and Possible Application to Organic Compound [abstract]
March 2 Miguel Araujo, Univ. de Evora
Weak ferromagnetism in honeycomb Hubbard planes [abstract]
April 6 Nuno Peres, Boston University
Correlations and disorder in the honeycomb lattice and their possible relevance for graphite [abstract]
April 13 Vincenzo Vitelli, Harvard
Theory of topological defects in curved space [abstract]
April 27 Ying Ran, MIT
Large N limit of SU(2) projective construction for spin liquids, and their phase transitions [abstract]
May 04 Adilet Imambekov, Harvard
Exactly Solvable 1d Bose-Fermi mixture [abstract]
May 11 Yong Chen, Princeton
Pinned Quantum Electron Solid---or Eletron Supersolid? [abstract]

Fall 2004

September 15 Steven Johnson, MIT.
Semi-analytical approaches to small perturbations in electromagnetism [abstract]
September 22 Michael Levin, MIT.
String-net condensation and topological order in quantum spin systems [abstract]
September 29 Ludwig Mathey, Harvard.
Luttinger Liquid of Polarons in One-Dimensional Boson-Fermion Mixtures [abstract]
October 6 no seminar.
October 13 Michael Hermele, UCSB.
The structure of algebraic spin liquids and a few of its consequences
October 20 Jose Carmelo, MIT and Minho University, Portugal.
Finite-energy spectral and dynamical properties of the Hubbard chain: theory and experiments [abstract]
October 27 Richard Metzler, MIT and NECSI.
Hog cycles, router flaps and propaganda: fighting emergent oscillations with disinformation [abstract]
November 3 Patrick Underhill, MIT.
On the Coarse-graining of Polymers into Bead-spring Chains [abstract]
November 10 Parisa Fallahi, Harvard.
Imaging a Single-Electron Quantum Dot [abstract]
November 17 Francisco Guinea, Boston University.
Suppression of quantum effects by metallic environments [abstract]
November 24 no seminar.
December 1 Dominik Zumbuhl, MIT.
Quantum Dot Spectroscopy [abstract]
December 8 Fariel Shafee, Princeton.
Spin glass like properties of social clusters and their dynamics [abstract]

Spring 2004

February 4 Alexander Finkelstein, Weizmann Institute of Science.
Hall coefficient in the presence of the electron-electron interactions [abstract]
February 11 Vincent Liu, MIT.
Exotic superfluidity of cold atomic gases [abstract]
February 18 Mandar Deshmukh, Harvard.
Using Electrons-in-a-box States to Study Spin-Polarized Tunneling (and some new experiments) [abstract]
February 25 Martin Zwierlein, MIT.
Observation of Bose-Einstein Condensation of Molecules [abstract]
March 3 Anatoli Polkovnikov, Harvard.
Current decay in a system of interacting bosons in one-dimensional optical lattices: imaginary versus real time semiclassics [abstract]
March 10 no seminar.
March 17 Peter Virnau, MIT.
Phase behavior and nucleation in polymer solutions: A Monte Carlo investigation [abstract]
March 24 no seminar.
March 31 Bruce Normand, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Novel phenomena from nonmagnetic impurities in frustrated spin systems [abstract]
April 21 Dmitri Abanine, MIT.
Tunable Fermi-Edge Resonance in an Open Quantum Dot [abstract]
April 28
May 5 Chung-Hou Chung, University of Toronto.
Quantum Phases of Frustrated Mott Insulators [abstract]
May 26 Yaroslav Tserkovnyak, Harvard.
Spin and Charge Pumping by Ferromagnetic-Superconductor Order Parameters [abstract]

Spring 2004

February 4 Alexander Finkelstein, Weizmann Institute of Science.
Hall coefficient in the presence of the electron-electron interactions [abstract]
February 11 Vincent Liu, MIT.
Exotic superfluidity of cold atomic gases [abstract]
February 18 Mandar Deshmukh, Harvard.
Using Electrons-in-a-box States to Study Spin-Polarized Tunneling (and some new experiments) [abstract]
February 25 Martin Zwierlein, MIT.
Observation of Bose-Einstein Condensation of Molecules [abstract]
March 3 Anatoli Polkovnikov, Harvard.
Current decay in a system of interacting bosons in one-dimensional optical lattices: imaginary versus real time semiclassics [abstract]
March 10 no seminar.
March 17 Peter Virnau, MIT.
Phase behavior and nucleation in polymer solutions: A Monte Carlo investigation [abstract]
March 24 no seminar.
March 31 Bruce Normand, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Novel phenomena from nonmagnetic impurities in frustrated spin systems [abstract]
April 21 Dmitri Abanine, MIT.
Tunable Fermi-Edge Resonance in an Open Quantum Dot [abstract]
April 28
May 5 Chung-Hou Chung, University of Toronto.
Quantum Phases of Frustrated Mott Insulators [abstract]
May 26 Yaroslav Tserkovnyak, Harvard.
Spin and Charge Pumping by Ferromagnetic-Superconductor Order Parameters [abstract]

Fall 2003

September 10 Walter Hofstetter, MIT.
Non-Hermitian Luttinger Liquids and Vortex Physics. [abstract]
September 17 Ehud Altman, Harvard.
Probing many-body states of ultra-cold atoms via noise
correlations. [abstract]
September 24 Vincent W. Liu, MIT.
Modeling high Tc superconductivity. [abstract]
October 1 [No Talk]
October 8 Mike Levin, MIT.
Emerging fermions and gauge fields in lattice spin models. [abstract]
October 15 Yogesh Joglekar, Los Alamos.
Nodal Cooper pair stabilized superconductivity in d-wave grains. [abstract]
October 22 Matt Hastings, Los Alamos.
Stochastic Loewner Evolution:
Random Conformal Maps and Conformal Field Theory. [abstract]

October 29 Markus Kindermann, MIT.
Interaction Effects on Shot Noise. [abstract]
November 5 Stefan Kehrein, Augsburg, Germany.
Multiple Kondo impurities with Ising-type couplings. [abstract]
November 12 Daniel Greenbaum, MIT
Nuclear Spin Diffusion in Diamagnetic Solids. [abstract]
November 19 Maxim G Vavilov, MIT.
Theory of the Oscillatory Photoconductivity of 2D Electron Gas. [abstract]
November 26
December 3 Eugene Mishchenko, Harvard University.
Coulomb drag between quantum wires. [abstract]
December 10 Roman Barankov, MIT.
Nonequilibrium superfluid state of atomic Fermi gas. [abstract]

Spring 2003

March 12 Kevin Beach, MIT.

Spin order and charge transport of Kondo insulators in the

presence of applied magnetic fields.

March 26 Masaki Oshikawa,Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Insulator, conductor and commensurability: a topological approach
(cond-mat/0301338).

April 2 Pedrag Nikolic, MIT
Kagome Lattice Antiferromagnet - Physics of Low Energy Singlet
States [abstract]

April 30 Zoran Hadzibabic, MIT
Are ultracold Fermi atoms getting interesting? [abstract]

May 13 Special Seminar [Tuesday] Adam C. Durst, Yale University

May 21 Young S. Lee, MIT
Recent results on 1) the geometrically frustrated Kagome
lattice and 2) the Na_xCoO₂ material [abstract]

June 17 Bernd Braunecker, MIT
Random Telegraph Signal noise and Fermi-edge singularities
in nanojunctions [abstract]

Fall 2002

Oct 16 Ashvin Vishwanath, MIT.

Screening and Dissipation at the Superconductor Insulator Transition.

Oct 23 T.K. Ng, Hong Kong University and MIT.
Possibility of a Metallic Phase in Granular Superconducting Films.

Oct 30 Michael Hermele, UCSB.
Coulomb Fractionalization in Quantum Magnets

Nov 6 Marija Drndic, MIT.

Nov 13 Alexander Seidel, MIT

Nov 20 Boris Khaykovich, MIT
Enhancement of Long Range Magnetic Order by Magnetic Field in Superconducting La₂CuO_4+y

Nov 27 Patrick Lee and T. Senthil, MIT {Journal Club}
NaCo₂O₄ - A Marginal Fermi Liquid? and LiV₂O₄ - A d-electron heavy Fermi Liquid.

Dec 4 Tiago Ribeiro, MIT

Dec 11

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