School of Physical Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Title : Quantum Matter in Rare-earth Pyrochlores
Speaker: Sambuddha Sanyal
Columbia University, New York
Date: 28– November -2019
Time: 5:00 p.m, Thursday
Venue: Seminar Room, SPS
Abstract : The term quantum matter is typically used to describe many-body systems with emergent macroscopic properties that are intrinsically quantum mechanical. A theoretical description of quantum matter is beyond the scope of two most successful paradigms of many body physics, namely notion of symmetry breaking and the notion of integrity of electron as a quasi-particle .In this talk I will focus on such quantum matter phases in the context of magnetism. I will discuss recent theoretical progresses in understanding a rich phase diagram predicted with an interesting interplay of magnetic order and quantum spin liquid phases in the context of rare-earth pyrochlore materials.