From anyons in moiré materials to non-Abelions in quantum platforms

Event Date:
2024-10-22T16:00:00
2024-10-22T17:00:00
Event Location:
HENN 318
Speaker:
Ashvin Vishwanath (Harvard University)
Related Upcoming Events:
Pioneers in Theoretical Physics
Intended Audience:
Everyone
Local Contact:

Gordon Semenoff (gordonws@phas.ubc.ca)

All are welcome to this colloquium series

Refreshments will be provided before the talks at 3:45pm.

Event Information:

Welcome to the second talk in our new Pioneers in Theoretical Physics Colloqium Series. 

On October 22nd, we present Ashvin Vishwanath, George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Physics at Harvard University. 

*Note: this talk has been moved forward from it's original date on October 29th, 2024*

Abstract:

Anyons, particles with quantum statistics that go beyond that of bosons and fermions, rapidly transitioned from theoretical possibility to reality in the quantum Hall effect. However, the extreme conditions required for those realizations, including strong magnetic fields, have posed limitations. Recently, significant advances have led to the observation of anyons in moiré materials even in the absence of a magnetic field, alongside parallel efforts to realize them in quantum devices. This talk will highlight these exciting developments, with a particular focus on an even more remarkable generalization of quantum statistics represented by non-Abelian anyons, which offer promise for fault-tolerant quantum computing. I will describe how this power of measurements can be leveraged to efficiently create the long sought after non-Abelian anyons, and the new avenues this opens

Bio:

Ashvin Vishwanath is the George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Physics at Harvard University. He grew up in Bangalore, India, earned his undergraduate degree from IIT-Kanpur in Physics in 1996 and his Ph.D. from Princeton in 2001 under Duncan Haldane. Following a Pappalardo Fellowship at MIT, he served on the faculty at U.C. Berkeley from 2004-2016, before moving to Harvard University. He received the Europhysics Prize (2016) and the Sloan (2004) and the Guggenheim (2014) Fellowships. He is an APS Fellow and Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2021). In 2024 he won with  the APS Buckley Prize in Condensed Matter Physics and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

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Add to Calendar 2024-10-22T16:00:00 2024-10-22T17:00:00 From anyons in moiré materials to non-Abelions in quantum platforms Event Information: Welcome to the second talk in our new Pioneers in Theoretical Physics Colloqium Series.  On October 22nd, we present Ashvin Vishwanath, George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Physics at Harvard University.  *Note: this talk has been moved forward from it's original date on October 29th, 2024* Abstract: Anyons, particles with quantum statistics that go beyond that of bosons and fermions, rapidly transitioned from theoretical possibility to reality in the quantum Hall effect. However, the extreme conditions required for those realizations, including strong magnetic fields, have posed limitations. Recently, significant advances have led to the observation of anyons in moiré materials even in the absence of a magnetic field, alongside parallel efforts to realize them in quantum devices. This talk will highlight these exciting developments, with a particular focus on an even more remarkable generalization of quantum statistics represented by non-Abelian anyons, which offer promise for fault-tolerant quantum computing. I will describe how this power of measurements can be leveraged to efficiently create the long sought after non-Abelian anyons, and the new avenues this opens Bio: Ashvin Vishwanath is the George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Physics at Harvard University. He grew up in Bangalore, India, earned his undergraduate degree from IIT-Kanpur in Physics in 1996 and his Ph.D. from Princeton in 2001 under Duncan Haldane. Following a Pappalardo Fellowship at MIT, he served on the faculty at U.C. Berkeley from 2004-2016, before moving to Harvard University. He received the Europhysics Prize (2016) and the Sloan (2004) and the Guggenheim (2014) Fellowships. He is an APS Fellow and Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2021). In 2024 he won with  the APS Buckley Prize in Condensed Matter Physics and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Learn More: Read about Ashvin on the Harvard University faculty pages: Ashvin Vishwanath | DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS (harvard.edu) See the Vishwanath Group page at Harvard University: Vishwanath Group (harvard.edu) Here is a brief bio of Ashvin's research on the Harvard University projects page: Ultra-quantum Matter: Ashvin Vishwanath | Ultra-Quantum Matter (harvard.edu) Event Location: HENN 318