Condensed Matter Seminar Series
Title: Universal Conductance of Nanowires at the Superconductor-Metal Quantum Transition
Subir Sachdev
Harvard University
Thursday Oct. 20, 11:30 am, Room 234, Physics Building
Abstract: I will present a general introduction to
the theory of quantum criticality, with an emphasis on the nature of
electrical transport. Under suitable conditions, such
systems possess universal transport co-efficients which are
determined only by fundamental constants of nature. The second
half of the talk will be an application of the theory to a simple model
of the superconductor-metal transition in nanowire.
Host: Albert Chang