IOP Theory of Condensed Matter Group

Physics by the Lake is a theoretical condensed matter physics summer school consisting of 2 weeks (Aug 14-25) of lectures by experts in the field, tutorials solving real problems, and also a series of after-dinner seminars More here: physicsbythelake.org/about/ #PhysicsByTheLake

There's an empty site to be filled! We have a postdoctoral opening in our group: we are looking for a motivated team member with expertise in computational quantum many-body physics. More info on the application, physik.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:4f3982… , Please spread the word!

EPSRC-funded Postdoctoral Position in Statistical Physics of Active Matter is available at Elsen Tjhung’s research group, at the Open University. For detail click link: open.ac.uk/about/employme… (deadline: 15th March 2023)

2023 Europhysics Prize: Submit your nomination now! Deadline 28th February 2023. eps.org/members/group_… #CondensedMatter #WomenInSTEM

Supersymmetry (SUSY) is an elusive symmetry that relates bosons and fermions. In our new paper arxiv.org/abs/2301.04169 we present evidence that SUSY arises as an emergent property of electrons condensing into a fractional quantum Hall state at filling factor 5/2. @LeverhulmeTrust

Does quantum criticality destroy many-body scarring or not? Find out in our new preprint arxiv.org/abs/2301.03631 Thanks to @JDesaules @JCHalimeh @LeverhulmeTrust

PDRA Position (1/1): See Felix's research interests here felixflicker.com/research, the aim is to have the role filled by September 2023

PhD Position (3/3): From the project summary "Develop[ing] a rigorous, general framework for fractonic phases of matter. Fractons are exotic quasiparticles which have restricted mobility, and have potential applications in e.g., quantum error correcting." findaphd.com/phds/project/e…

POSITIONS AVAILABLE: 3 PhD* and 1 PDRA available with Felix Flicker at the University of Cardiff/Prifysgol Caerdydd *1 condensed matter theory and numerics; 1 condensed matter theory, numerics, and experiment; 1 mathematical physics Details here & below: felixflicker.com/students

Happy new year from the Theory of Condensed Matter Group! We are looking forward to bringing you events throughout the year, what do you see in store for condensed matter theory? Don't forget to @ us when you have relevant news so we can further publicise it.

A thread on the quantum measurement problem

Happy to share our latest work where we explore the possibility of isolating the medium-temperature 2D MgB2-based superconductors via graphene and h-BN. Again could not have done it without my supervisors Prof. Catherine Stampfl and Dr. @Sherif_A_Tawfik iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…

Congratulations to the Dept of Physics, University of Surrey @UniOfSurrey for achieving Juno Champion status #IOPAwards22. The award is given for making a substantial contribution towards addressing the under-representation of women in higher education physics. @IOPDiversity

In our new paper with @JCHalimeh we 'dissect' the relation between dynamical phase transitions and order parameter zeros, finding a more complex relationship than previously thought. Thanks to @JDesaules @LeverhulmeTrust arxiv.org/abs/2210.02453

I made so many inadvertent puns during this Page-curve project ("Are we all on the same page?"). Many-body physics inspired by @QThermodynamics: arxiv.org/abs/2209.14303

Kinetic constraints often slow down transport in many-body systems, but sometimes, like in Rydberg atom quantum simulators, they lead to enigmatic "superdiffusive" dynamics. Find out more in our new paper arxiv.org/abs/2210.01146 Thanks to @MaksSerbyn @JDesaules @LeverhulmeTrust

BREAKING NEWS: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2022 #NobelPrize in Physics to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger.

Paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108… Code: github.com/mir-group/phoe… @TheoryIOP @JPhysMaterials #compchem #materialsscience #compphysics