PIRSA:24040079

Anomalously fun: aspects of many-body quantum kinematics

Wang, C. (2024). Anomalously fun: aspects of many-body quantum kinematics. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/24040079

Wang, Chong. Anomalously fun: aspects of many-body quantum kinematics. Perimeter Institute, Apr. 10, 2024, https://pirsa.org/24040079 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:24040079,
            doi = {10.48660/24040079},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/24040079},
            author = {Wang, Chong},
            keywords = {Other},
            language = {en},
            title = {Anomalously fun: aspects of many-body quantum kinematics},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2024},
            month = {apr},
            note = {PIRSA:24040079 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Chong Wang

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

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A fundamental result in solid-state physics asserts that a crystalline material cannot be insulating unless the number of electrons per unit cell is an integer. Statements of this nature are immensely powerful because they are sensitive only to the general structure of the system and not to the microscopic details of the interactions. Such "kinematic constraints" have been extensively generalized in contemporary times, commonly under the term "quantum anomaly”. In this colloquium, I will first review some basic aspects of anomaly constraints in many-body quantum physics. Subsequently, I will demonstrate, through several recent examples, the significant role of quantum anomaly in constraining, understanding, and even unveiling novel quantum phases of matter.

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