<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div dir="ltr"><b>DATE:</b> Friday, April 10th, 2015<br><br><b>TITLE:</b> Numerical Studies of Topologically Ordered Phases<br><br><b>TIME:</b> 3:30 PM<br><br><b>LOCATION:</b> GMCS 214<br><br><b>SPEAKER:</b> Dr. Michael Peterson. Physics & Astronomy Dpt. California State University, Long Beach<br><br><b>ABSTRACT:</b> In strongly correlated systems in two-dimensions new quantum topologically ordered phases of matter can emerge with the fractional quantum Hall effect being the most often cited example. These fascinating phases can have (quasi-)particle excitations with fractional charge and fractional (braiding) statistics, i.e., they are so-called anyons. A special kind of anyon called a non-abelian anyon has potential applications in the construction of a fault-tolerant topological quantum computer. I will discuss numerical approaches in the theoretical study of topologically ordered phases with the primary goal being the identification of experimental conditions where these phases may be observed in nature.<br><br><b>HOST:</b> Dr. <span class="gmail_sendername" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span>Andrew</span> <span>Cooksy</span></span><br><br>For future events, please visit our website at:<br><br><a href="http://www.csrc.sdsu.edu/colloquium.html" target="_blank">http://www.csrc.sdsu.edu/colloquium.html</a><br><br></div>
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