Events
We have a regular meeting during term time to discuss cool concepts in condensed matter theory, which is open to everyone. Please email Henry to sign up for the mailing list.
Past meetings
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 2 December 2025 |
Andres Perez Fadon |
Extracting anyon statistics from neural wavefunctions |
| 25 November 2025 |
Will Caiger |
Quasiperiodic Kitaev chains |
| 11 November 2025 |
Alexandre Chaduteau |
Topology of open quantum systems in third quantisation |
| 30 October 2025 |
Henry Davenport |
Wilson loops and Chern insulators |
| 29 September 2025 |
Wojciech Jankowski |
From torsion in string theory to higher forms in topological matter |
| 23 September 2025 |
Alexandre Chaduteau |
Cohomology classification of (1+1)-dimensional SPTs |
| 9 September 2025 |
Ken Shiozaki |
When topological invariants fail to predict the Wannier center |
| 22 July 2025 |
Andrea Pizzi |
Quantum chaos beyond random matrix theory |
| 17 June 2025 |
Alexandre Chaduteau |
Momentum-space modulated symmetries |
| 10 June 2025 |
Frank Schindler |
Entanglement entropy of free fermions |
| 27 May 2025 |
Martina Soldini |
Noninvertible symmetry-protected topological order |
| 20 May 2025 |
Benjamin Beri |
Taming coherent errors in the surface code |
| 14 May 2025 |
Nyan Raess |
Quantum-like data and quantum learning |
| 29 April 2025 |
Jaeha Park |
Black hole thermodynamics and equivariant localization |
| 11 March 2025 |
Thivan Gunawardana Henry Davenport |
Microscopic theory of Chern polarization Interaction-induced crystalline topology of excitons |
| 4 March 2025 |
Nick Rew |
Excitonic dimers |
| 25 February 2025 |
Yusuke Nakai Kenji Shimomura |
Non-Hermitian perspective on Hermitian topology Subspace-protected topological phases |
| 18 February 2025 | Ignacio Pavez | Photonic time crystals |
| 11 February 2025 | Daniele Toniolo | Stability of slow Hamiltonian dynamics |
| 4 February 2025 | Shu Hamanaka | Multifractality of the non-Hermitian skin effect |
| 28 January 2025 | Alexandre Chaduteau | Symmetry fractionalisation |
| 7 January 2025 | Julia Hannukainen | Ensemble geometric phase |
| 3 December 2024 | Andres Perez Fadon | Fractional quantum Hall effect |
| 19 November 2024 | Carlo Duva | Charge transport in layered perovskites |
| 5 November 2024 | Thivan Gunawardana | Modern theory of polarisation |
| 23 October 2024 | Ryan Barnett | Superfluids, vortices, and vortex lattices |
| 16 October 2024 | Henry Davenport | Landau’s Fermi liquid theory |
| 10 July 2024 | Alexandre Chaduteau | Holographic superconductors |
| 19 June 2024 | Gino Cassella | Neural networks for positronic chemistry |
| 5 June 2024 | Krishnan Ganesh | Majorana zero modes and Josephson vortices |
| 24 April 2024 | Gabriele Pinna | Transport in spin chains |
| 10 April 2024 | Sun Woo Kim | Bayesian inference and statistical physics |
| 3 April 2024 | Ryan Barnett | Adiabatic theorem and charge pumping |
| 27 March 2024 | Andres Perez Fadon | Emergent symmetry at disclinations |
| 20 March 2024 | Henry Davenport | Excitons in the SSH model |
| 21 February 2024 | Krishnan Ganesh | BCS theory of superconductivity |
| 7 February 2024 | Emir Sezik | Path integrals for stochastic systems |
| 31 January 2024 | Henry Davenport | Fermions in a 1D quantum magnet |
| 6 December 2023 | Gino Cassella | Neural quantum Monte Carlo methods |
| 22 November 2023 | Valentin Leeb | Quantum oscillations |
| 15 November 2023 | Andres Perez Fadon | Chern-Simons theory |
| 1 November 2023 | Peru d'Ornellas | Chern numbers in real space |
| 25 October 2023 | Emir Sezik | Berry phases and quantum geometry |
| 18 October 2023 | Thivan Gunawardana | Wannier states in electronic structure |
| 11 October 2023 | Peru d'Ornellas | Kitaev honeycomb model |
| 4 October 2023 | Krishnan Ganesh | Kitaev chain and Majorana fermions |