For more information about this meeting, contact Nigel Higson, Robin Enderle.
| Title: | Composite fermions: magical beauty of emergence |
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| Seminar: | Department of Mathematics Colloquium |
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| Speaker: | Jainendra Jain, Penn State University |
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| Abstract: |
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| It is surprising that we can make any progress at all in understanding the behavior of a collection of a large number of interacting particles, given that even the problem of three interacting particles cannot be solved exactly. The trick is to guess emergent principles guided by experiment. I will talk about how new particles emerge in the context of the fascinating phenomenon known as the quantum Hall effect (1985 and 1998 Nobel Prizes), and how they help solve a problem that at first seemed utterly impossible. |
Room Reservation Information
| Room Number: | MB114 |
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| Date: | 03 / 28 / 2013 |
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| Time: | 03:35pm - 04:25pm |
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