The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: Spinorial hybridization and Majorana physics in two-channel Kondo lattices
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- Physics Department
- Location
- ESB 190
- Date
- Apr 15, 2024 12:00 pm
- Speaker
- Rebecca Flint, Iowa State University
- Contact
- Ljubica Milutinovic
- ljubicam@illinois.edu
- Phone
- 217-300-6393
- Views
- 157
- Originating Calendar
- Physics - The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
The two-channel Kondo lattice hosts a rich array of phases, perhaps none more interesting than hastatic order, a channel-symmetry breaking heavy Fermi liquid that has a spinorial order parameter. I will discuss our recent insights into the nature of this unusual phase, including its prevalence in one dimension; the experimental and computational consequences of the spinorial order; how it can be realized in intermetallic materials based on non-Kramers ions like Pr, U and Tm; and how topological defects in the hastatic Kondo insulator can be engineered to host mobile Majorana zero modes or other non-Abelian anyons.