Reseach interests
I am interested in emergent phenomena in condensed matter and many body physics, when the behavior of many-body systems cannot be reduced to a sum of their constituent parts. Common methods used in my work are the nonperturbative techniques of many-body theory and quantum field theory. My work has applications within the new field of the ultracold atomic gases, in the more conventional condensed matter physics, as well as to the mathematical aspects of quantum field theory.
Topics of current interest
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Degenerate Quantum Gases
Recent talks:- Prospects of realizing topological quantum computers with p-wave degenerate atomic gases, Paris, 2008
- Jerusalem Winter School Lectures, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2008
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Bosons in a random environment
Recent talks:- Excitations in random elastic media, Lorentz Center, 2007
- Excitations in random elastic media, Lorentz Center, 2007
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Conformal field theory of critical systems with quenched disorder
Recent talks:- Logarithmic operators at c=0, ETH Zurich, 2009
- Logarithmic operators at c=0, ETH Zurich, 2009
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Nonequilibrium phenomena in many-body systems
Recent talks:- Many particle generalization of the Landau-Zener problem, Los Alamos, 2009
- Many particle generalization of the Landau-Zener problem, Los Alamos, 2009
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Topological insulators and topological states of matter
Recent talks:- SU(N) magnetism with cold atoms and chiral spin liquids, Cologne (2010)
- Single particle Green's functions and interacting topological insulators, Nordita (2011)