On Monday (04.07.22) at 12.00 c.t. the next date of our physics colloquium will take place.
The speaker will be Dr Tobias Meng (TU Dresden) on the topic:
"Topology - Open and with Diverse Backgrounds".
The advent of topological physics has been a major disruption in the way we think about condensed matter physics. In its most basic form, topological physics relies on the definition of topological invariants defined from the wave functions in the Brillouin zone, including for example the Chern number governing the Hall effect. Implicitly, this view of topological physics requires closed systems with translation invariance.
In this talk, I will show that the fact that any experimental system is open (coupled to its environment) and never fully translationally invariant can be a resource rather than a nuisance. When suitable couplings to environments and inhomogeneities are induced, topological systems exhibit a plethora of novel phenomena, including black hole analogies and non-trivial steady states. This highlights that the study of topological systems out of the "comfort zone" (closed and translationally invariant) is a worthwhile direction for future research.
Abstract Lecture Dr Tobias Meng
The introduction will be given by Prof. Dr. Michael Scherer.
The faculty cordially invites all interested parties. The event will take place in lecture hall HNB and hybrid via Zoom. Before the colloquium we offer coffee and biscuits.
This link will take you to the Zoom event (Meeting-ID: 632 5520 9938, password: 526977). All dates of the Physics Colloquium can be found here.