Modern aspects of quantum physics and topology
Sommerfeld Theory Colloquium (ASC)
English - May 15, 2024 15:36 - 1 hour - 735 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsScience physics theoretical physics colloquium distinguished speakers astrophysics particle physics solid state physics quantum physics gravity Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Topology is one of the most recent branches of mathematics and has entered fully into the most modern aspects of theoretical physics: quantum computation. In this colloquium an elementary approach to the role of topology in quantum physics and its implications for exotic states of quantum matter is provided. Topology helps to solve the essential problem of quantum computation: to battle its fragility in order to benefit from its enormous potential possibilities. After showing topological color codes and their experimental realization, future challenges are addressed by fracton models involving the discovery of new quantum phases of matter beyond the well-known topological phases that were recognized with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2016.