The Tony and Pat Houghton Memorial Lecture Series
Monday, October 8, 2012 9:00 a.m. Barus & Holley 190
Introduction James Valles, Chair Department of Physics and Robert Pelcovits, Department of Physics
Session I
9:15-10:00 Asle Sudbø, Norwegian University of Science and Technology “Search for Deconfined Quantum Criticality in Models of Low-dimensional Quantum Antiferromagnets”
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30-11:15 Franz Wegner, University of Heidelberg
“Grassmann Variables and Supersymmetry in Theoretical Solid State Physics”
11:15-12:00 Peter Young, University of California, Santa Cruz
“Mind the Gap: Solving Optimization Problems on a Quantum Computer”
12:00-2:00 Lunch
Session II
2:00-2:45 Nicholas Read, Yale University
“Hall Viscosity of Quantum Fluids”
2:45-3:30 Oriol Valls, University of Minnesota
“Spin vs. Spin: the Uneasy Coexistence of Superconductivity and Ferromagnetism in Layered Structures”
3:30-4:00 Coffee Break
Session III
4:00-4:45 Ilya Vekhter, Louisiana State University
“Probing Unconventional Superconductivity with Magnetic Fields”