Reminder TOMORROW: Wednesday 19 June 2024 at 15:00 hrs Joint ICTP-SISSA Colloquium on "Universal theory of strange metals" by Prof Subir Sachdev

[Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics]

Dear All,

You are most cordially invited to the Joint ICTP-SISSA Colloquium on 
"Universal theory of strange metals" by Prof. Subir Sachdev, Herchel 
Smith Professor of Physics at Harvard University, and Miguel Virasoro 
Visiting International Chair at ICTP.

The Colloquium will take place on Wednesday 19 June 2024 at 15:00 hrs 
CEST c/o SISSA Auditorium (via Beirut, ICTP Campus), and live-streamed.

Biosketch:

Subir Sachdev is Herchel Smith Professor of Physics at Harvard 
University, and Miguel Virasoro Visiting International Chair at ICTP. He 
has been elected to national academies of science in the United States 
and India, and to the Royal Society in the U.K. He is a recipient of 
several awards, including the Dirac Medal from ICTP, and the Lars 
Onsager Prize from the American Physical Society.

Sachdev has made extensive contributions to the theory of the diverse 
varieties of quantum matter, and of their behavior near quantum phase 
transitions. Many of these contributions have been linked to 
experiments, especially to the rich phase diagrams of the copper-oxide 
high temperature superconductors. Sachdev's research has also exposed 
remarkable connections between the nature of multi-particle quantum 
entanglement in certain laboratory materials, and the quantum 
entanglement in black holes, and these connections have led to new 
insights on the entropy and radiation of black holes.

Abstract:

The “strange metal” is a state of quantum matter, ubiquitous in modern 
materials, present above the critical temperature of higher temperature 
superconductors. I will present a universal theory of strange metals, 
building on the theory of quantum phase transitions in disordered 
metals. Such transitions involve changes in the shape or volume of the 
Fermi surface. Random spatial fluctuations in the local position of the 
quantum critical point, due to impurities, are a key ingredient. The 
theory uses insights from the solvable Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model and 
matches numerous observations.

Light refreshments will be served after the event.

For info, please check the following link: 
https://indico.ictp.it/event/10744/ <https://indico.ictp.it/event/10744/>

Looking forward to your participation.

With best regards,

Federica Delconte

for

Director's Office, ICTP


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