Center for Advanced Study Lecture: Barry Bradlyn (UIUC) Title; A New Spin on Topological Quantum Materials
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- Department of Physics
- Location
- Center for Advanced Study, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W Illinois, Urbana. Room 210
- Date
- Feb 24, 2023 12:00 pm
- Speaker
- Barry Bradlyn (UIUC)
- Contact
- Kelly Darr
- khdarr@illinois.edu
- Phone
- 217-300-7821
- Views
- 68
- Originating Calendar
- Physics - Departmental Events
Symmetry and topology are two areas of mathematics that have had an outsized effect on our understanding of crystalline solids. Symmetry is the study of the rotations and reflections we can do that leave our description of a material unchanged, while topology is the study of studies properties that remain unchanged when a material is distorted in some way. In this talk, Prof. Bradlyn will describe progress in his research group towards using symmetry and topology to understand electrical properties of quantum materials.