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RLM 7.320, Tuesdays 4:00-5:00 p.m. (Spring 2009)
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2009

Date Speaker Title / References
May 14, 2009
Fan Zhang
  • Multi-channel Kondo problem and boundary conformal field theory
  • May 7 2009
    Rafi Bistritzer
  • Oxide heterostructures: a survey of recent experiments
  • Apr. 27 2009
    Guru Khalsa
  • Electron pockets in hole doped cuprates
  • Mar 3, 2009
    Jung-Jung Su
  • Super solids
  • Feb 27, 2009
    Olof Strandberg
  • Ferromagnetic DMS and the recent work on MnGaAs
  • Feb 20, 2009
    Ion Garate
  • Influence of a current on the magnetic anisotropy
  • Feb 13, 2009
    Rohit Hegde
  • Approximate gauge symmetries in the Hubbard model
  • Ref[1] SU(2) gauge symmetry of the large-U limit of the Hubbard model, Affleck, Anderson
  • Ref[2] Doping a Mott insulator: Physics of high-temperature superconductivity, Wen, Lee, Nagaosa
  • Feb 3, 2009
    Jeil Jung
  • Theory of inter-edge superexchange in zigzag edge magnetism
  • Ref: Theory of inter-edge superexchange in zigzag edge magnetism, Jeil Jung

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    2008

    Date Speaker Title / References
    Dec. 1 2008
    Guru Khalsa
  • Cuprate Fermiology
  • Nov. 24 2008
    Fan Zhang
  • Electron-electron interaction in graphene bilayers
  • Nov. 17 2008
    Tianyi Cai
  • Transport in Graphene
  • Ref: Ming-che Chang, Qian Niu (2008)
  • Nov. 11 2008
    Byounghak Lee
  • Introduction to DFT
  • Nov. 3 2008
    Rafi Bistritzer
  • Pseudospin and Deformation induced Gauge Field in Graphene
  • Ref: K. Sasaki, R. Saito (23 Oct 2008)
  • Oct. 27 2008
    Guru Khalsa
  • spin coherent state
  • Oct. 13 2008
    Maria Moura
  • Graphene as a electronic membrane
  • Oct. 6 2008
    Guru Khalsa
  • Anti-ferromagnetism in the Hubbard model-spin coherent state path integral approach
  • Sept. 29 2008
    Guru Khalsa
  • Anti-ferromagnetism in the Hubbard model-mean field approach
  • Sept. 22 2008
    Ion Garate
  • Effects of non-adiabaticity on the voltage generated by a moving domain wall
  • Ref: R.A.Duine (12 Sep 2008)
  • Sept. 15 2008
    Fan Zhang
  • Introduction to RG
  • Ref[1] Effective Field Theory and the Fermi Surface, Polchinski
  • Ref[2] Renormalization-group approach to interacting fermions, Shankar
  • April 23, 2008
    Yafis Barlas
  • Possible Ferromagnetism in Graphene Bilayers
  • April 2, 2008
    Rafi Bistritzer
  • Magnetic Monopoles in Spin Ice
  • Ref: Castelnovo, Moessner & Sondhi (Nature 2008)
  • March 28, 2008
    Jeil Jung
  • Effect of Edge Roughness in Graphene Ribbons
  • March 7, 2008
    Maria Moura
  • Simulating Crumpling of Graphene Sheest on a Substrate
  • Feb 22, 2008
    Hongki Min
  • Room Temperature Excitonic Condensation in Graphene Bilayers
  • Feb 8, 2008
    Guru Khalsa
  • An Introduction to Modeling Cuprates
  • Feb 1, 2008
    10:30 a.m.
    RLM 13.202
    Ion Garate
  • Upper Critical Field on Thin Film Superconductors

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    2007

    Date Speaker Title / References
    Dec 3, 2007 Yafis Barlas
  • Introduction to Fractional Quantum Hall Effects
  • Nov 26, 2007
    12-1pm
    RLM 7.114
    Sergey Maslennikov
  • Qualifier practice talk: Exact Diagonalization of Kukel-Khomskii Hamiltonian
  • Nov 19, 2007
    RLM 13.202
    Carlos Lopez-Monis
  • Hyperfine coupling in double quantum dots [slides,ppt]
  • Ref[1] Ono & Tarucha-Nuclear-Spin-Induced Oscillatory Current in Spin-Blockaded Quantum Dots(PRL,2004)
  • Ref[2] Koppens et al-Control and Detection of Singlet-Triplet Mixing in a Random Nuclear Field (Science,2005)
  • Ref[3] Jouravlev & Nazarov- Electron Transport in a Double Quantum Dot Governed by a Nuclear Magnetic Field (PRL,2006)
  • Nov 12, 2007
    RLM 13.202
    Rafi Bistritzer
  • The Lieb Liniger solution to 1D bosons interacting via a repulsive delta potential
  • Ref[1] Lieb & Liniger-Exact Analysis of an Interacting Bose Gas. I. The General Solution and the Ground State (Phys.Rev.,1963)
  • Nov 5, 2007 Dagim Tilahun
  • Title: Spin-incoherent Luttinger liquids
  • Ref[1] Tilahun & Fiete-Tunneling Density of States, Pair Correlation, and Josephson Current in Spin-Incoherent Luttinger Liquid-Superconductor Hybrid Systems (cond-mat,2007)
  • Ref[2] Fiete-Colloquium: The spin-incoherent Luttinger liquid (RMP,2007)
  • For general introduction to Luttinger model
  • Ref[3] Fisher & Glazman-Transport in a one-dimensional Luttinger liquid (cond-mat,1996)
  • Ref[4] Voit-One-dimensional Fermi liquids (Rep.Prog.Phys.,1995)
  • Ref[5] Mahan-Many Particle Physics, Ch4.5 (Kluwer Academic,2000)
  • Oct 29, 2007 Hongki Min
  • Title: Landau levels in multilayer graphene
  • Ref[1] McCann and Fal'ko-Landau-Level Degeneracy and Quantum Hall Effect in a Graphite Bilayer (PRL,2006)
  • Ref[2] Pereira et al.-Landau levels and oscillator strength in a biased bilayer of graphene (PRB,2007)
  • Ref[3] MacDonald-Introduction to the Physics of the Quantum Hall Regime (cond-mat,1994)
  • Oct 22, 2007 Jeil Jung
  • Title: Introduction to de Haas-van Alphen effect
  • Ref[1] Shoenberg-Magnetic oscillations in metals (Proc.R.Soc.Lond.,1982,pdf)
  • Additional Reference (by Guru)
  • Ref[2] Electrons in a Magnetic Field (introduction)
  • Oct 15, 2007
    RLM 13.202
    Maria Moura
  • Title: Rippling of Graphene Sheets [slide1],[slide2]
  • Ref[1] Meyer et al.-The structure of suspended graphene sheets (Nature,2007)
  • Ref[2] Stolyarova et al.-High-Resolution Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Imaging of Mesoscopic Graphene Sheets on an Insulating Surface (PNAS,2007)
  • Ref[3] Vazquez de Parga et al.-Periodically rippled graphene: growth and spatially resolved electronic structure (cond-mat,2007)
  • Ref[4] Fasolino et al.-Intrinsic ripples in graphene (Nature Materials,2007)
  • May 3, 2007 Murat Tas
  • Title: Electron-phonons interaction in 1D system
  • Ref[1] Mahan-Many Particle Physics, Ch7 (Kluwer Academic,2000)
  • Apr 26, 2007 Jung-Jung Su
  • Title: A simple model of inelastic scattering using Landauer-B�ttiker type of formulation
  • Ref[1] B�ttiker-Role of quantum coherence in series resistors (PRB,1985)
  • Ref[2] B�ttiker et al.-Generalized many-channel conductance formula with application to small rings (PRB,1984)
  • Ref[3] Datta-Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Systems (Cambridge,1995)
  • Additional References (by Maria and Murat)
  • Ref[4] Beenakker-Theory of Coulomb-blockade oscillations in the conductance of a quantum dot (PRB,1991)
  • Ref[5] Beenakker-Quantum Transport in Semiconductor Nanostructures (Solid State Phys.,1991)
  • Apr 19, 2007 Paul Haney
  • Exchange bias, and how spin torque relates to it
  • Ref[1] Notes
  • Apr 12, 2007
    12:30 pm
    Jeil Jung
  • Title: The effect of an external magnetic field in a lattice
  • Ref[1] Analytis et al.-Landau levels, molecular orbitals, and the Hofstadter butterfly in finite systems (AJP,2003)
  • Ref[2] Jiang et al.-The mobility of dual vortices in honeycomb, square, triangular, Kagome and dice lattices (cond-mat,2006)
  • Ref[3] Ino et al.-Critical properties of Harper's equation on a triangular lattice (PRB,2006)
  • Ref[4] Nemec et al.-Hofstadter butterflies of carbon nanotubes: Pseudofractality of the magnetoelectronic spectrum (PRB,2006)
  • Apr 5, 2007 Hongki Min
  • Title: A self-consistant tight-bindng Hartree-Fock calculation in a bilayer system
  • Ref[1] Yun-Pil Shim-Pair Condensation in Polarized Fermion Systems Ch.3 (Thesis,pdf)
  • Ref[2] Min et al.-Ab Initio Theory of Gate Induced Gaps in Graphene Bilayers (PRB,2007)
  • Mar 29, 2007 Tami Pereg-Barnea
  • Title: Impurities in doped and interacting graphene
  • Ref[1] Bena et al.- Quasiparticle scattering and local density of states in graphite (PRB,2005)
  • Ref[2] McElroy1 et al.-Relating atomic-scale electronic phenomena to wave-like quasiparticle states in superconducting Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8+delta (Nature,2003)
  • Mar 22, 2007 Ion Garate
  • R.A.Duine et al.-Functional Keldysh Theory of Spin Torques (cond-mat,2007)
  • Mar 1, 2007
  • APS Practice talk- RLM 13.202, 10am, Mar 1
  • Feb 22, 2007
  • Current Research Topics (III) - Jason
  • Feb 15, 2007 Maria Moura
  • Title : Electron-phonon interaction in graphene
  • Ref[1] Yan et al.-Electric Field Effect Tuning of Electron-Phonon Coupling in Graphene (cond-mat,2006)
  • Ref[2] Bostwick et al.-Quasiparticle dynamics in graphene (Nature,2007)
  • Ref[3] Castro Neto et al.- Electron-phonon coupling and Raman spectroscopy in graphen (PRB,2007)
  • Feb 8, 2007
  • Current Research Topics (II) - Jeil, Jung-Jung
  • Feb 1, 2007
  • Current Research Topics (I) - Hongki, Tami

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    2006

    Date Speaker Title / References
    Nov 24, 2006
  • No Journal Club : Thanksgiving day
  • Nov 17, 2006
    1:00-2:00 pm
    RLM 5.118
    Jeil Jung
  • Ref[1] J.Jung et al.-Effects beyond the random-phase approximation in calculating the interaction between metal films (PRB,2004)
  • Nov 10, 2006 Tami Pereg-Barnea
  • Title : Zero energy edge states in semi-infinite systems, focusing on systems with Dirac Hamiltonians
  • Ref[1] Tami Pereg-Barnea et al. : Andreev edge state on semi-infinite triangular lattice: Detecting the pairing symmetry in Na0.35CoO2 yH2O (Europhys.Lett.,2005)
  • Nov 3, 2006
  • No Journal Club: Nanomaterials Conference @NST Building
  • Oct 27, 2006 Murat Tas
  • k.p theory and its applications
  • Oct 20, 2006 Hongki Min
  • Summary of the South West Academy for Nanoelectronics (SWAN) meeting
  • Oct 13, 2006 Ion Garate
  • C.W.J. Beenakker -- Specular Andreev Reflection in Graphene
  • Oct 6, 2006
  • No Journal Club: Workshop-Emerging Themes in Physics @ACES 2.302
  • Sep 29, 2006 Discussion
  • Current Research Topics (IV) - Joseph, Dagim
  • Sep 22, 2006 Discussion
  • Current Research Topics (III) - Jason, Jung-Jung, Maria
  • Sep 15, 2006 Discussion
  • Current Research Topics (II) - Yafis, Tami
  • Sep 8, 2006 Discussion
  • Current Research Topics (I) - Ion, Hongki, Murat
  • August, 2006
  • No Journal Club : Summer Break
  • Jul 28, 2006 Discussion
  • We can discuss informally about the current status of our research projects, interesting articles or any questions we have.
  • Jul 21, 2006 Discussion
  • We can discuss informally about the current status of our research projects, interesting articles or any questions we have.
  • Jul 14, 2006
    Discussion
  • We can discuss informally about the current status of our research projects, interesting articles or any questions we have.
  • Jul 7, 2006
    Joseph Wang,
    Jung-Jung Su
  • Title: School on Ultra-Cold Fermi Gases (2006)
  • Jun 30, 2006
    Discussion
  • We can discuss informally about the current status of our research projects, interesting articles or any questions we have.
  • Jun 23, 2006
    11 am
    Discussion
  • We can discuss informally about the current status of our research projects, interesting articles or any questions we have.
  • May 5, 2006 Cheng-Ching Joseph Wang
  • Ref[1] Jinwu Ye : Ginsburg-Landau theory of supersolid (cond-mat,2006)
  • Apr 28, 2006
  • No Journal Club : Condensed Matter Seminar (1:30pm@RLM 6.112)
  • Apr 21, 2006 Cheng-Ching Joseph Wang
  • Title: How the vortex particle picture arises from effective field theory and can damping kill the vortex particle picture?
  • Apr 14, 2006 Dagim Tilahun
  • Title: Fully frustrated cold atoms in optical lattices
  • Ref[1] Polini et al.-Realization of Fully Frustrated Josephson-Junction Arrays with Cold Atoms (PRL,2005)
  • Ref[2] Ariosa et al.-Variational approach for uniformly frustrated 2D XY spin systems. I.Phase transitions in modulated arrays (Journal de Physique,51,1373,1990)
  • Apr 7, 2006 Yafis Barlas
  • Ref[1] Universal Vortex Formation in Rotating Traps with Bosons and Fermions (PRL,2004)
  • Mar 31, 2006
    12:00-1:00 pm
    RLM 5.114
    Murat Tas
  • Title: Many-body correlations in quasi-1D semiconductor quantum wires (slides,pdf)
  • Ref[1] Singwi et al.-Electrons correlations at metallic densities (PR,1968)
  • Ref[2] Thomas et al.-Possible spin polarization in a 1D electron gas (PRL,1996)
  • Ref[3] Wang et al.-Where is the Luttinger liquid in 1D semiconductor quantum wire structures? (PRL,2000)
  • Mar 24, 2006 Jason Hill
  • Title: Graphene update
  • Ref[1] N.A.Sinitsyn et al.-Charge and spin Hall conductivity in metallic graphene (cond-mat,2006)
  • Ref[2] D.A.Abanin et al.-Spin Filtered Edge States and Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene (cond-mat,2006)
  • Ref[3] Zhang et al.-Landau Level Splitting in Graphene in High Magnetic Fields (cond-mat,2006)
  • Mar 10, 2006
    RLM 5.118
    Jung-Jung Su
  • Title: Imbalanced Populated Atomic Fermi Gas in Finite Size System (APS Practice Talk)
  • Ref[1] M.W.Zwierlein et al.-Fermionic Superfluidity with Imbalanced Spin Populations (Science,2006)
  • Ref[2] G.B.Patridge et al.-Pairing and Phase Separation in a Polarized Fermi Gas (Science,2006)
  • Mar 3, 2006
    1:00 pm
    Di Xiao
    (Niu's group)
  • Title: Orbital Magnetization and Anomalous Nernst Effect
  • Ref[1] D.Xiao et al.-Berry Phase Correction to Electron Density of States in Solids (PRL,2005)
  • Ref[2] T.Thonhauser et al.-Orbital Magnetization in Periodic Insulators(PRL,2005)
  • Ref[3] W.Lee et al.-Anomalous Hall Heat Current and Nernst Effect in the CuCr2Se4-xBrx Ferromagnet (PRL,2004)
  • Feb 23, 2006 Ion Garate
  • Keizer et al.-- spin triplet supercurrent through a half-metallic ferromagnet
  • Feb 17, 2006
    3:30 pm
    Hongki Min
  • J.Shi & Q.Niu-Attractive electron-electron interaction induced by geometric phase in a Bloch band (cond-mat,2006)
  • Feb 10, 2006 Wei-Cheng Lee
  • N. Bergeal et al., Direct test of pairing fluctuations in the pseudogap phase of underdoped cuprates (cond-mat/0601265)
  • Feb 3, 2006 Kang Luo
    (Yao's Group)
  • Hadley et al.-3e tunneling processes in a superconducting single electron tunneling transistor (PRB,1998)

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    2005

    Date Speaker Title / References
    Dec 1, 2005
    9:30 am
    RLM 13.202
    Ion Garate
  • Pseudoferromagnetism in nanowires and Josephson junctions -Qualifier
  • Nov 30, 2005
    9:30 am
    RLM 14.318
    Wei-Cheng Lee
  • Heterostructures of strongly correlated materials-Qualifier
  • Nov 18, 2005 Jason Hill
  • Title: Quantum Spin Hall Effect in Graphene
  • Ref[1] C.L.Kane et al.-Quantum Spin Hall Effect in Graphene (cond-mat,2004)
  • Ref[2] K.S.Novoselo et al.-Two dimensional gas of massless Dirac fermions in graphene (Nature,2005)
  • Ref[3] H.-W.Lee et al.-Supersymmetry in carbon nanotubes in a transverse magnetic field (cond-mat,2003)
  • Nov 11, 2005 Wei-Cheng Lee
  • Ref[1] Semiclassical Analysis of the Nonequilibrium Local Polaron (PRL,2005)
  • Nov 2, 2005 Dimi Culcer
    (Niu's group)
  • Spin and charge dynamics in semiconductors (dissertation talk -- practice)
  • Oct 28, 2005 Hongki Min
  • Title: The Kondo Effect in Molecular Systems
  • Ref[1] Controlling the Kondo Effect of an Adsorbed Magnetic Ion Through Its Chemical Bonding (Science,2005)
  • Ref[2] Kouwenhoven-Revival of the Kondo effect (PhysicsWorld,2001,pdf)
  • Oct 21, 2005 Cheng-Ching Joseph Wang
  • Title: Specific Heat Provides New Evidence for Bose-Einstein Condensation of Magnons in Quantum Magnets
  • Ref[1] Direct Measurement of the Spin Hamiltonian and Observation of Condensation of Magnons in the 2D Frustrated Quantum Magnet Cs2CuCl4 (PRL,2002)
  • Ref[2] Bose-Einstein Condensation of Magnons in Cs2CuCl4 (PRL,2005)
  • Oct 14, 2005
  • CANCELLED : No journal club
  • Oct 7, 2005 Jung-Jung Su
  • Ref[1] Condensation of Semiconductor Microcavity Exciton Polaritons (Science,2002)
  • Sep 30, 2005 Ion Garate
  • Ref[1] Quantum Interference Device Made by DNA Templating of Superconducting Nanowires (Science,2005)
  • Sep 23, 2005 Wei-Cheng Lee
  • Ref[1] Gulian et al.-Evidence for High-Temperature Superconductivity in Doped Laser-Processed Sr-Ru-O (arXiv)
  • Ref[2] Kavokin et al.-Optical Spin Hall Effect (PRL)
  • Sep 16, 2005 Ion Garate
  • Title: A new quantum fluid?
  • Ref[1] Babaev et al.-Observability of a Projected New State of Matter: A Metallic Superfluid (PRL) (experimental search of protonic superconductivity)
  • Ref[2] Babaev et al.-A superconductor to superfluid phase transition in liquid metallic hydrogen (Nature) (qualitatively new -topological- effects due to protonic superconductivity)
  • August, 2005
  • No Journal Club : Summer Break
  • Jul. 28, 2005 Ion Garate
  • Title: Superfluid density suppression in underdoped cuprates.
  • Reference: Allan MacDonald (unpublished)
  • Jul. 21, 2005 Kentaro Nomura
  • Title: Dependence of the intrinsic spin Hall effect on spin-orbit interaction character
  • Ref[1] Numura et al.-Dependence of the intrinsic spin Hall effect on spin-orbit interaction character
  • Ref[2] Recent papers
  • Jul. 14, 2005 Hongki Min,
    Joseph Wang
  • Ref[1] Dagotto-Complexity in Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems
  • Ref[2] Gavish et al.-Matter-Wave Localization in Disordered Cold Atom Lattices
  • Jul. 7, 2005 Wei-Cheng Lee,
    Jung-Jung Su
  • Ref[1] Sheng et al.-Nondissipative Spin Hall Effect via Quantized Edge Transport
  • Ref[2] Zwierlein et al.-Vortices and superfluidity in a strongly interacting Fermi gas
  • Jun. 30, 2005 Rembert Duine
  • Title: Itinerant Ferromagnetism in an Ultracold Atom Fermi Gas
  • Ref[1] Duine-Itinerant Ferromagnetism in an Ultracold Atom Fermi Gas
  • Jun. 23, 2005 Discussion
  • We can discuss informally about the current status of our research projects, interesting articles or any questions we have.
  • May. 19, 2005
  • No Journal Club : Summer Break
  • May. 12, 2005
    2:30 pm
    Hongki Min
  • Title: Topological Defects and Phase Transitions
  • Ref[1] Mermin-The topological theory of defects in ordered media (Rev.Mod.Phy)
  • May. 5, 2005
    2 pm
    Discussion
  • We can discuss informally about the current status of our research projects, interesting articles or any questions we have.
  • Apr. 28, 2005
    4 pm
    Ion Garate
  • Title: Quantum Interference in Superfluids (UC-Berkeley group)
  • Ref[1] (a beautiful experiment with creative potential applications)
  • Ref[2] (the music of the Josephson effect)
  • Ref[3] (using thermal gradients to create Josephson oscillations)
  • Apr. 21, 2005
    4 pm
    Discussion
  • We can discuss informally about the current status of our research projects, interesting articles or any questions we have.
  • Apr. 14, 2005
    2 pm
    Jung-Jung Su
  • Title: Optical coherences and their measurement
  • Ref[1] M.O.Scully & M.S.Zubairy-Quantum Optics, Ch4 (Cambridge)
  • Ref[2] H.Deng et al.-Condensation of Semiconductor Microcavity Exciton Polaritons (Science)
  • Ref[3] R.J.Glauber-The Quantum Theory of Optical Coherence (Phy.Rev.)
  • Apr. 7, 2005
    2 pm
    Discussion
  • We can discuss informally about the current status of our research projects, interesting articles or any questions we have.
  • Mar. 31, 2005
    4 pm
    Wei-Cheng Lee
  • Title: Instantons and tunnelling
  • Ref[1]: Instantons in QCD
  • Mar. 24, 2005
    4 pm
    Cheng-Ching Joseph Wang
  • Title: Chern-Simons Field Theory in QHE (I)
  • Ref[1] Khurana-Bosons condense and fermions `exclude,' but anyons...? (Physics Today)
  • Ref[2] Jain-THE COMPOSITE FERMION: A QUANTUM PARTICLE AND ITS QUANTUM FLUIDS (Physics Today)
    For part (II) in the future,
  • Ref[3] Lee-Anyon superconductivity and charge-vortex duality (IJMPB)
  • Ref[4] Zang-Effective-Field-Theory Model for the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect (PRL)
  • Mar. 17, 2005
  • No Journal Club : Spring Break
  • Mar. 10, 2005
    4 pm
    Jason Hill
  • Title: Bosonization Primer
  • Ref[1] Egger et el.-Luttinger liquid behavior in metallic carbon nanotubes
  • Ref[2] Thierry Giamarchi-Quantum Physics in One Dimension (Oxford Univ., 2004)
  • Ref[3] Saito et al.-Physical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes (World Scientific, 1998)
  • Ref[4] Schulz et al.-Fermi liquids and Luttinger liquids
  • Ref[5] S�n�chal-An introduction to bosonization
  • Ref[6] Delft & Schoeller-Bosonization for Beginners--Refermionization for Experts
  • Mar. 3, 2005
    2 pm
    Discussion
  • We can discuss informally about the current status of our research projects, interesting articles or any questions we have.
  • Feb. 24, 2005
    2 pm
    Rembert Duine
  • Title: Collapsing Bose-Einstein Condensates (II)
  • Feb. 17, 2005
    2 pm
    Rembert Duine
  • Title: Collapsing Bose-Einstein Condensates (I)
  • Ref[1] Gerton et al.-Direct observation of growth and collapse of a Bose-Einstein condensate with attractive interactions (Nature, Experiment)
  • Ref[2] Donley et al.-Dynamics of collapsing and exploding Bose-Einstein condensates (Nature, Experiment)
  • Ref[3] Duine et al.-Explosion of a Collapsing Bose-Einstein Condensate (PRL, Theory)
  • Ref[4] Saito et al.-Mean-field analysis of collapsing and exploding Bose-Einstein condensates (PRA, Theory)
  • Feb. 10, 2005
    4 pm
    Hongki Min
  • Title: Introduction to Ab initio Calculations
  • Ref[1] Payne et al.-Iterative minimization techniques for ab initio total-energy calculations: molecular dynamics and conjugate gradients (Ch.II)
  • Ref[2] R. Martin-Electronic Structure: Basic Theory and Practical Methods (Cambridge, 2004)
  • My notes
  • Feb. 3, 2005
    2 pm
    Discussion
  • We can discuss informally about the current status of our research projects, interesting articles or any questions we have.

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    2004

    Date Speaker Title / References
    Dec. 6, 2004
    1:30 pm
    Ion Garate
  • Title: Spontaneous interlayer coherence in quantum Hall bilayers (II)
  • Nov. 29, 2004
    (1:00 pm, 5.104)
    Dagim Tilahun
  • Title: Bose Einstein condensation into degenerate ground states of an optical lattice (qualifier talk)
  • Nov. 22, 2004
    (1:00 pm, 12.202)
    Dagim Tilahun
  • Title: Bose Einstein condensation into degenerate ground states of an optical lattice (qualifier practice talk)
  • Ref[1] Quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator in a gas of ultracold atoms
  • Ref[2] Bloch Oscillations of Atoms in an Optical Potential
  • Ref[3] Observation of Atomic Wannier-Stark Ladders in an Accelerating Optical Potential
  • Ref[4] Bose condensation in strongly monideal systems
  • Nov. 15, 2004
    1:30 pm
    Ion Garate
  • Title: Spontaneous interlayer coherence in quantum Hall bilayers (I)
  • S. Girvin (a nice overview of the subject, the "backbone" of my talk)
  • K.Moon et al.(the original paper. Although it is lengthy and technical, it provides valuable physical insight)
  • K.Yang et al. (a continuation of the above reference; the same comments apply)
  • Rembert recommended N.D. Mermin for the topological defects.
  • Nov. 8, 2004 Chuanwei Zhang
  • Transition to instability in kicked BECs
  • Quantum chaos of Bogoliubov waves for a BEC in stadium billiards
  • Talks
  • Nov. 1, 2004
    (RLM 13.202)
    Cheng-Ching Joseph Wang
  • Vortex Dynamics in Cold Atom System (qualifier talk)
  • Oct. 25, 2004
    (RLM 14.318)
    Paul Haney
  • Spin Transfer (qualifier practice talk)
  • Oct. 18, 2004 Wei-Cheng Lee
  • A checkerboard electronic crystal state in lightly hole-doped Ca2-xNaxCuO2Cl2
  • Ref(1): Doping a Mott Insulator(A very new review article on arxiv on Oct. 18)
  • Ref(2): Review of stripes theory in High-Tc cuprates
  • Ref(3): SO(5) theory for High-Tc cuprates
  • Oct. 11, 2004 Cheng-Ching Joseph Wang
  • To be continued..
  • Oct. 4, 2004 Cheng-Ching Joseph Wang
  • Effective mass of a vortex in BEC
  • Ref1) From Feynman's wave function to the effective theory of vortex dynamics
  • Ref2) Inertial Mass of a Moving Singularity in a Fermi Superfluid
  • Sep. 27, 2004 Janice Trinidad
  • To be continued..
  • Sep. 20, 2004 Janice Trinidad
  • Lee & Ramakrishnan-Disordered Electronic System
  • Ambegaokar et al.-Hopping Conductivity in Disordered Systems
  • 12:30, Sep. 13, 2004 Jung-Jung Su
  • J.Keeling et al.-Angular Distribution of Photoluminescence as a Probe of Bose Condensation of Trapped Excitons
  • My notes
  • 3pm, Jul. 29, 2004 Paul Haney
  • Transport with non-equilibrium Green's function technique
  • Quantum field-theoretical methods in transport theory of metals
  • My notes for 1st paper (1st paper is like a "how-to" guide)
  • Coarse notes, more relevant to second paper(2nd paper is more rigorous)
  • Jul. 19, 2004 Hongki Min
  • Delamotte-A hint of renormalization
  • My notes
  • Jul. 12, 2004 Wei-Cheng Lee
  • Introduction to Quantum Order
  • Key reference
  • Jul. 2 and 5, 2004 Ion Garate
  • Introductory notes
  • C.H. Bennett & D.P. DiVincenzo.- Quantum Information and Computation
  • C. Monroe.- Quantum Information Processing with Atoms and Photons
  • Jun. 21, 2004 Cheng-Ching Joseph Wang
  • First Prediction on the Vortex Stability and Persistent Currents in Trapped Bose Gases
  • Jun. 15, 2004 Janice Trinidad
  • Politi et al.-Dipolar interaction between two-dimensional magnetic particles
  • Apr. 26, 2004 Jung-Jung Su
  • Kellogg et al.-Vanishing Hall Resistancear High Magnetic Field in a Double Layer Two-Dimensional Electron System
  • Kellogg et al.-Observation of Quantized Hall Drag in a Strong Correlated Bilayer Electron System
  • Apr. 19, 2004 Hongki Min
  • Avron et al.-A Topological Look at the Quantum Hall Effect
  • Sakurai-Adiabatic Change and Geometrical Phase (Quantum Mechanics: Supplement 1)
  • Resta-Berry Phase and Geometric Quantum Distance
  • My notes
  • Apr. 12, 2004 Wei-Cheng Lee
  • Senthil et al.-Deconfined Quantum Critical Points (II)
  • Apr. 5, 2004 Wei-Cheng Lee
  • Senthil et al.-Deconfined Quantum Critical Points (I)
  • Handout

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