CMSA Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics: The Generalized Landau Paradigm (a review of generalized symmetries in condensed matter)

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May 18, 2022 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
via Zoom Video Conferencing
Speaker:

John McGreevy - UCSD

Recent advances in our understanding of symmetry in quantum many-body systems offer the possibility of a generalized Landau paradigm that encompasses all equilibrium phases of matter. This talk will be an elementary review of some of these developments, based on: https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.03045 


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