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[CM ICTP - Trieste]

SEMINAR on  Disorder and strong electron correlations


Thursday, 18 October   -    11:00 a.m.

Seminar Room,  Main Bldg.- first floor



R. FAZIO  ( Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa & SISSA, Trieste )

"Superconducting pumps and geometric phases"

Abstract

	I will discuss how geometric phases emerge in superconducting 
nanocircuits.  Depending on the design both the abelian and non-abelian 
versions can be realized.  I will further discuss their relation with 
Cooper pair pumping and present a proposal where non-abelian effects 
can be detected in the pumped charge.