Old puzzles and new dreams in quantum magnetism
Frédéric Mila (EPFL, CH)
| When |
Mar 04, 2024
from 11:00 to 12:00 |
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| Where | Salle des Thèses |
| Attendees |
Frédéric Mila |
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The last 25 years have witnessed a tremendous activity in quantum magnetism, punctuated by a number of experimental breakthroughs and by several new predictions. After a rapid journey through the twentieth century, I will attempt to review some of these recent developments, including the observation of Bose-Einstein condensation and magnetization plateaux in high-field experiments on gapped antiferromagnets, the search for gapped and algebraic quantum spin liquids, the prediction of spin supersolid and spin nematic phases, and the discovery of a quantum magnetic analog of the critical point of water.