# Quantum Matter

This series consists of talks in the area of Quantum Matter.

## Seminar Series Events/Videos

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## Quantum Link models to probe new aspects of gauge theories

Friday Aug 09, 2019
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The Wilson formulation of lattice gauge theories provides a first-principles study of many properties of strongly interacting theories, such as quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Certain other properties, such as real-time dynamics, pose insurmountable challenges in this paradigm. Quantum Link Models are generalized lattice gauge theories, which not only offer novel approaches to study dynamics of gauge theories with quantum simulators, but also connect to

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## Spins on a Kagome Lattice: Topological Magnons

Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
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In this talk, I will focus on topological aspects and edge states of a spin system on a Kagome lattice. with the anisotropic XXZ and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). I will begin with the rich phase diagram in the classical limit arising as a result of the interplay of the two interaction strengths, followed by a spin-wave analysis in some of these phases.

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## Stable Flat Bands, Topology, and Superconductivity of Magic Honeycomb Network

Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
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We uncover a rich phenomenology of the self-organized honeycomb network superstructure of one-dimensional metals in a nearly-commensurate charge-density wave 1T-TaS${}_2$, which may play a significant role in understanding global topology of phase diagrams and superconductivity. The key observation is that the emergent honeycomb network magically supports a cascade of flat bands, whose unusual stability we thoroughly investigate.

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## Self-learning Monte Carlo method and structured self-attention network

Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
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Self-learning Monte Carlo (SLMC) method is a general-purpose numerical method to simulate many-body systems. SLMC can efficiently cure the critical slowing down in both bosonic and fermionic systems. Moreover, for fermionic systems, SLMC can generally reduce the computational complexity and speed up simulations even away from the critical points. For example, SLMC is more than 1000 times faster than the conventional method for the double exchange model in 8*8*8 cubic lattice.

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## Criticality, self-organization and scale invariant avalanches in spin dynamics away from thermal equilibrium

Wednesday Jun 26, 2019
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The appearance of scale invariance and diverging response functions in many-body systems is inseparably linked to the presence of a critical point and spontaneous symmetry breaking. In thermal equilibrium critical points mostly correspond to isolated spots in parameter space, which require rather strong fine tuning of e.g., the temperature of magnetic fields, in order to be reached. Pushing systems away from thermal equilibrium, e.g., by exposing them to external drive fields or dissipation, can give rise to more unconventional forms of criticality.

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## Beyond Topological Order and Back Again: Foliated TQFT of Fractons

Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
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Fracton order is a new kind of phase of matter which is similar to topological order, except its excitations have mobility constraints. The excitations are bound to various n-dimensional surfaces with exotic fusion rules that determine how excitations on intersecting surfaces can combine.

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## Conformal dimensions in the large charge sectors at the Wilson-Fisher fixed point using qubit formulations

Tuesday May 28, 2019

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## The "Zero Mode" in Kac Table: Revisiting the Ramond Sector of N=1 Superconformal Minimal Models

Tuesday May 21, 2019
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## Kitaev spin liquids in spin-orbit coupled correlated materials

Tuesday May 14, 2019
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Recently, a new family of correlated honeycomb materials with strong spin-orbit coupling have been promising candidates to realize the Kitaev spin liquid.

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## Field-driven spin liquids in Kitaev materials

Thursday May 02, 2019
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Kitaev materials — spin-orbit assisted Mott insulators, in which local, spin-orbit entangled j=1/2 moments form that are subject to strong bond-directional interactions — have attracted broad interest for their potential to realize spin liquids. Experimentally, a number of 4d and 5d systems have been widely studied including the honeycomb materials Na2IrO3, α-Li2IrO3, and RuCl3 as candidate spin liquid compounds — however, all of these materials magnetically order at sufficiently low temperatures.

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## LECTURES ON-DEMAND

### Gabriela González, Louisiana State University

Speaker: Gabriela Gonzalez