PIRSA:10040079  ( Flash Presentation , Windows Presentation , Windows Video File , MP3 , PDF) Which Format?

Speaker(s): Leon Balents

Abstract: Recent theory and experiment have revealed that strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC) can have dramatic qualitative effects on weakly interacting electrons. For instance, it leads to a distinct phase of matter, the topological band insulator. I will discuss the combined effects of SOC and strong electron... read more

Date: 22/04/2010 - 10:00 am

Collection: 4-Corner Southwest Ontario Condensed Matter Symposium 2010

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PIRSA:10040037  ( Flash Presentation , Windows Presentation , Windows Video File , MP3 , PDF) Which Format?

Speaker(s): Leon Balents

Abstract: Frustrated magnets are materials in which localized magnetic moments, or spins, interact through competing exchange interactions that cannot be simultaneously satisfied, giving rise to a large degeneracy of the system ground state. Under certain conditions, this can lead to the formation of fluid-li... read more

Date: 21/04/2010 - 2:00 pm

Series: Colloquium

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