Condensed Matter Seminar, Chong Wang, Harvard, "A Web of Dualities in Condensed Matter Physics: from Quantum Hall Effect to Exotic Quantum Criticality," PCTS Seminar Room 407

Date
Oct 16, 2017, 1:15 pm1:15 pm
Location
PCTS Seminar Room 407

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Abstract:  Two seemingly different quantum field theories may secretly describe the same underlying physics — a phenomenon known as “duality". I will review some recent developments in field theory dualities in (2+1) dimensions and some of their applications in condensed matter physics, in particular in quantum Hall effect and quantum phase transitions.