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DTSTART:20101005T150000Z
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LOCATION:5310 Chamberlin
SUMMARY:Probing non-Abelian statistics with quantum Hall interferometr
 y\, R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar\, Kirill Shtengel\, University
  of California-Riverside
DESCRIPTION:States of matter are conventionally classified according t
 o broken symmetries. Topologically ordered phases fall outside of this
  paradigm: with no local order parameter\, they nevertheless have many
  peculiar properties setting them apart from disordered phases. In 2D\
 , such phases may support anyons - quasiparticles that are neither bos
 ons nor fermions. Moreover\, anyons with non-Abelian statistics can oc
 cur\, particularly in the fractional quantum Hall regime. In this talk
 \, I will focus on solid state interferometers designed to detect such
  exotic statistics. I will discuss recent experiments in the the quant
 um Hall regime at 5/2 filling where the evidence for the existence of 
 non-Abelian anyons may have in fact been observed for the first time. 
 I will also mention potential applications of such interferometeric sc
 hemes for topological quantum computation.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=1882
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