Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/04/2008
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Title: Quantum Criticality and Black Holes

Speaker: Dr. Subir Sachdev

Institute: Harvard University

Location: ABB 102

Description:

I will describe antiferromagnets and superconductors near quantum phase transitions. There is a remarkable analogy between their dynamics and the holographic description of Hawking radiation from black holes. I will show how insights from this analogy have shed light on experiments on the cuprate high temperature superconductors.