Physics - Condensed Matter Seminar

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Condensed Matter Seminar: "The Story of Anyons"

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Physics - Condensed Matter
Date
Mar 25, 2022   1:00 pm  
Speaker
Steve Simon, Oxford University, UK
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I will review the history of anyons, particles that are neither bosons nor fermions, starting with their theoretical proposal all the way to their definitive experimental observation over 40 years later.  I will further discuss why the more general idea of non-abelian anyons is of intense interest for quantum computation.  If time permits I will give a status report on some of the current non-abelian anyon experiments.

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