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The Physics Colloquium "Chirality Meets Quantum"

Oct 29, 2025   4:00 - 5:00 pm  
Loomis Lab 141
Sponsor
Department of Physics
Speaker
Dmitri Kharzeev (State University of New York at Stony Brook)
Contact
Danielle Swigart
E-Mail
dswigart@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
Physics - Colloquium

"Chirality meets Quantum"
 
 Chirality is a ubiquitous concept in science, from nuclear physics to biology.
 This talk will delve into the fascinating interplay between chirality and quantum physics, unveiling a number of novel phenomena. In particular, we will discuss a new kind of non-dissipative transport (the ``chiral magnetic effect”), response of plasmas to chirality imbalance (“chiral magnetic instability”), and a new effect arising for confined chiral quarks (“baryon-number - flavor separation”). Throughout the talk, the implications on ongoing and future experiments at RHIC, JLab, LHC and EIC, and on condensed matter experiments and astrophysical observations will be emphasized.

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