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Wednesday, January 17th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Jeff Derby (Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, U of M)
Subject: The synergy of modeling and novel experiments for melt crystal growth research
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Paul Crowell
Wednesday, January 24th 2018
1:30 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Fiona Burnell (University of Minnesota)
Subject: Signatures of gapless boundary modes in Kitaev spin liquids
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Paul Crowell
Wednesday, January 31st 2018
1:30 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Sergey Frolov, University of Pittsburgh
Subject: Quantum dot chains as emulators of topological superconductors
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Vlad Pribiag
Tuesday, February 6th 2018
1:30 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Rafael Fernandes, University of Minnesota
Subject: TBD
Wednesday, February 7th 2018
1:30 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Cristian Batista, University of Tennessee
Subject: Pairing from strong repulsion in the triangular lattice Hubbard model
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Natalia Perkins
Wednesday, February 14th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Damjan Pelc (University of Minnesota)
Subject: Inhomogeneous charge localization in the cuprates
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Paul Crowell
Wednesday, February 21st 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Erez Berg (U of Chicago)
Subject: Transport beyond the quasiparticle picture: a view from the large-N limit
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Rafael Fernandes
Wednesday, February 28th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Various speakers
Subject: APS March Meeting Practice Talks
Wednesday, March 7th 2018
1:30 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
No Seminar this week. APS March Meeting.
Wednesday, March 21st 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Li He, University of Minnesota
Subject: Optomechanical measurement of photon spin angular momentum and optical torque in integrated photonic devices
This week's sack lunch talk will be on Wed. at the usual CM seminar time and place
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Paul Crowell
Tuesday, March 27th 2018
3:35 pm:
Special Condensed Matter Seminar
in PAN 110
Speaker: Michael Fogler, University of California, San Diego
Subject: Hyperbolic waves in Nature: from nano to Ter(r)a
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Boris Shklovskii
Wednesday, March 28th 2018
2:30 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Paul Canfield (Iowa State)
Subject: Synthesis as the Heart of New Materials Physics
Note special time: seminar starts at 2:30 (not 1:25)
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Martin Greven
Wednesday, April 4th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Sung-Sik Lee, Perimeter Institute
Subject: Low-energy effective field theories for non-Fermi liquids
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Andrey Chubukov
Wednesday, April 11th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Xiaojia Wang (University of Minnesota)
Subject: Ultrafast Optical Characterization of Thermal Transport in Micro/nanostructured Materials and across Interfaces
Faculty Host: Paul Crowell
Wednesday, April 18th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Morten Christensen (University of Minnesota)
Subject: Magnetic order in the iron pnictides and the impact of spin-orbit coupling
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Paul Crowell
Wednesday, April 25th 2018
1:15 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Vlad Pribiag (University of Minnesota)
Subject: Spin-Dependent Transport and Superconductivity in SrTiO3-Based Heterostructures
NOTE SPECIAL TIME: Seminar starts at 1:15
Faculty Host: Paul Crowell
Wednesday, May 9th 2018
1:30 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
There will be no seminar this week.
Tuesday, May 15th 2018
11:00 am:
Special CM/CQM Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Yuan Li, Peking University
Subject: Topological Spin Excitations in a Highly Interconnected 3D Spin Lattice
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Martin Greven
Wednesday, September 12th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Elbio Dagotto, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Subject: Iron-Based High-Tc Superconductors: Brief Review and New Results in Superconducting Ladders BaFe2S3 and BaFe2Se3
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Rafael Fernandes
Wednesday, September 19th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Ali Yazdani, Princeton University
Subject: Visualizing quantum Hall liquids and their boundary modes
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Andrey Chubukov
Wednesday, October 3rd 2018
1:25 pm:
Edythe and Irving Misel Family Lecture Day, No Seminar this Week
Wednesday, October 10th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Joel Moore, UC Berkeley
Subject: Unconventional hydrodynamics in 1D and 2D quantum matter
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Andrey Chubukov
Wednesday, October 24th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Johnpierre Paglione, University of Maryland, College Park
Subject: High-spin superconductivity in topological half-Heusler semimetals
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Vlad Pribiag
Wednesday, October 31st 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Adam Wei Tsen, University of Waterloo, Institute for Quantum Computing
Subject: New Phase Transitions in Atomically Thin Quantum Materials
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Ke Wang
Wednesday, November 7th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Jason Petta, Princeton University
Subject: Microwave Spectroscopy of Valley States in Silicon
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Ke Wang
Tuesday, November 20th 2018
4:00 pm:
Special Condensed Matter Seminar
in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Xiaoyu Wang, University of Chicago
Subject: Electrical transport near an Ising-nematic quantum critical point
Note change of time and day, this week only.
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Rafael Fernandes
Wednesday, November 28th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Kimberley Hill, CEGE
Subject: Phase transitions in the rheology of granular mud
Faculty Host: James Kakalios
Wednesday, December 12th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN
Speaker: Brian Skinner, MIT
Subject: Percolative Phase Transition in the Dynamics of Quantum Entanglement
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Boris Shklovskii
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