Webinar

Condensed matter physics is the physics of solids and liquids (condensed phases of matter). It is the study of the complex behaviour of a large number of interacting particles such that their collective behaviour gives rise to emergent properties. In this talk, I will discuss some interesting quantum condensed matter systems, with their intriguing emergent phenomena arising from complexity. First, I will focus on critical Fermi surface states, where there is a well-defined Fermi surface, but no quasiparticles, as a result of strong interactions between the Fermi surface and some emergent massless boson(s). I will outline a framework to extract the low-energy physics of such systems in a controlled approximation, using the tool of dimensional regularization. Second, I will discuss my recent work and some of my ongoing projects involving moire superlattices.