Driving topology, hunting Majoranas
Seminar
Speaker
Tami Pereg-Barnea,McGill University, Canada
Date
19/12/2013 - 14:15Add to Calendar
2013-12-19 14:15:00
2013-12-19 14:15:00
Driving topology, hunting Majoranas
The study of topology in condensed matter is a rapidly growing field.
From classifying the possible topological insulators and superconductors to ab-initio calculations of realizable materials.
In this talk I will use simple language to introduce the subject and survey some recent proposals. In the first part of my talk I will focus on ideas in which a topologically trivial system is driven into a topological phase. In the second part I will discuss the possibility of realizing topological superconductors in two dimensions which support Majorana Fermions in their vortex cores.
Resnick Building (209), seminar room 210
Department of Physics
physics.dept@mail.biu.ac.il
Asia/Jerusalem
public
Place
Resnick Building (209), seminar room 210
Abstract
The study of topology in condensed matter is a rapidly growing field.
From classifying the possible topological insulators and superconductors to ab-initio calculations of realizable materials.
In this talk I will use simple language to introduce the subject and survey some recent proposals. In the first part of my talk I will focus on ideas in which a topologically trivial system is driven into a topological phase. In the second part I will discuss the possibility of realizing topological superconductors in two dimensions which support Majorana Fermions in their vortex cores.
Last Updated Date : 15/12/2013
