PPT-Topological States of Matter

Girish S Setlur Department of Physics IIT Guwahati COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER ALL ILLUSTRATIONS AND SOME PASSAGES IN THESE SLIDES HAVE BEEN DOWNLOADED FROM VARIOUS INTERNET SOURCES LISTING EACH SOURCE SEPARATELY WILL TAKE UP ALL MY TIME SO I SHALL DESIST FROM DOING SO. What are the three commonly known states of matter?. What is the . gas, liquid. and . solid. form of water?. How does matter change state?. Watch this animation on states of matter (click “Play Video”):. Superconductors. Akira . Furusaki. 2012/2/8. 1. YIPQS Symposium. Condensed matter physics. Diversity of materials. Understand their properties. Find. new states of matter. Emergent behavior of electron systems at low energy. in condensed matter research. . Tom Lancaster. Durham University, UK. Condensed matter physics in a nutshell. Lev Landau (1908-1968). T>T. C. T<T. C. T>T. C. T<T. C. What can we do with . Polarization. : . an E. ntanglement Measure . of . Topological Spin and Chiral Central Charge. Xiao-Liang Qi. Stanford University. Banff, 02/06/2013. Reference: . Hong-. Hao. . Tu. , Yi Zhang, Xiao-Liang Qi, . Kyoto University, YITP, Masatoshi SATO. Mahito Kohmoto (University of Tokyo, ISSP). . Yong-Shi Wu (Utah University). In collaboration with. 2. Review paper on Topological Quantum Phenomena. Y. Tanaka, MS, N. . Symmetry. Topology. Interplay between symmetry and topology has led to a new understanding of . electronic phases of matter.. Conceptual simplification. Conservation laws. Distinguish phases of matter. Dimitrie Culcer. D. Culcer, PRB 84, 235411 (2011). . D. Culcer, . Physica. E 44, 860 (2012) – review on TI transport . Outline. Introduction to topological insulators. Analysis . of the Topological Entanglement . Entropy. and Multipartite correlations. Kohtaro Kato (. The . University of . Tokyo). based on . PRA, 93, 022317 (2016). joint work with. Fabian Furrer (. $$ NSF, AFOSR MURI, DARPA, ARO. Harvard-MIT. Takuya Kitagawa, . Erez. Berg, Mark Rudner. Eugene . Demler. . Harvard University. Also collaboration with A. White’s group, Univ. of Queensland. Hafezi. , S. Mittal, J. Fan, A. . Migdall. , J.M. Taylor, Nature Photonics, . (. 2013. ) . doi:10.1038/nphoton.2013.274. . Topology . -- the understanding of how things are connected -- remains abstract, even with the popular example of doughnuts and coffee cups. This concept, esoteric as it appears, is also neat because it is the basis for creating . Brain Teaser. What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly? . . Objectives. Students will:. Review Properties of matter. Identify the characteristics of a substance. Differentiate among the physical states of matter. . Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Particles in Motion. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. How do particles move in solids, liquids, and gases?. Cwith topologists 147I don146t think like a mathema-tician148 admits Kane a theoretical physicist who has tended to focus on tangible problems about solid materials He is not alone Physicists have typ . - Insulating State, Topology and Band Theory. . II. Band Topology in One Dimension. . - Berry phase and electric polarization. - Su Schrieffer . Heeger. model : . domain wall states and .