Condensed matter physics is the branch of physics that studies systems of very large numbers of particles in a condensed state, like solids or liquids. Condensed matter physics wants to answer questions like: why is a material magnetic? Or why is it insulating or conducting? Or new, exciting questions like: what materials are good to make a reliable quantum computer? Can we describe gravity as the behavior of a material? The behavior of a system with many particles is very different from that of its individual particles. We say that the laws of many body physics are emergent or collective. Emergence explains the beauty of physics laws.
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New Paths to Unconventional Topological Superconductivity
Ronny Thomale Stanford University
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Fractional Quantum Hall Effect in the Absence of Landau Levels
Zheng-Cheng Gu Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 1a
Konstantin Zarembo Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics
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Entanglement Spectra and Trace Index of Topological Insulators
Taylor Hughes University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign