General Meeting of the Society of Physics Students
The Society of Physics Students at UCSC
General Meeting: “From classical to Quantum Phase Transitions”and Graduate School Info about Rice University Thursday, October 15, 2009
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Place: ISB 231
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This week SPS is proud to present Alumnus Jed Pixley and graduate student of the Physics dept. at Rice University. He will be talking about (in his own words):
This talk will focus on a brief introduction to quantum criticality. This describes matter undergoing a second order phase transition at zero temperature. We will focus onquantum phase transitions where order parameter fluctuations fail to capture all of the quantum effects. The metal-insulator transition will be discussed in order to motivate the main topic on quantum criticality in heavy-fermion metals.
Everyone is welcome.
Coffee, tea and snacks will be provided!