You are most cordially invited to the Joint ICTP-SISSA Colloquium by Prof. Subir Sachdev, Harvard University, USA, on "Quantum Entanglement at all Distances"
The Colloquium will take place in the Budinich Lecture Hall,
today, Tuesday 14 June at 16:00 hrs CET.
Biosketch: Subir Sachdev is Herchel Smith Professor of Physics at Harvard University. He also holds a visiting position as the James Clerk Maxwell Chair in Theoretical Physics at the Perimeter Institute. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, fellow of the American Physical Society and has been awarded several honors, among them the Lorentz Chair, Instituut-Lorentz, Leiden University in 2012, and the Salam Distinguished Lecturer at the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste in 2014. He is a former Member of ICTP's Scientific Council.
Subir Sachdev is a condensed matter physicist well known for
his research on quantum phase transitions and its application
to a variety of quantum materials, such as the high
temperature superconductors. His research seeks to illuminate
the boundary between the everyday world we live in—in which
many but not all phenomena can be explained through classical
physics—and the subatomic world of quantum physics. These two
worlds come together at a "quantum phase transition”, where
there is a change in the macroscopic character of the quantum
state describing a many-particle system, and manifestations of
quantum entanglement appear naturally at long distances.
Abstract: Entanglement is the strangest feature of quantum theory, often dubbed ''spooky action at a distance’’. Quantum entanglement can occur on a macroscopic scale with trillions of electrons, leading to novel superconductors which can conduct electricity without resistance even at relatively high temperatures. These superconductors also display a “strange metal” regime in which individual electrons lose their identity. Related entanglement structures arise across the horizon of a black hole, and give rise to Hawking’s quantum paradox. I will introduce and describe these long-standing problems in two very different fields of physics, and review progress in resolving them using insights from the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model.
The talk will be followed by a question/answer session and
light refreshments will be served on the Leonardo Building
Terrace shortly after.
For info, please check the following link: https://indico.ictp.it/event/9930/
Looking forward to your participation.
With best regards,
Office of the Director, ICTP