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condensed matter

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noun

  1. physics

    1. crystalline and amorphous solids and liquids, including liquid crystals, glasses, polymers, and gels

    2. ( as modifier )

      condensed-matter physics

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This finding emerges in the same year as the 120th anniversary of Mott's birth, paying a fitting tribute to the legendary physicist whose work on electron interactions in disordered systems laid the groundwork for modern condensed matter physics.

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“HEPS will have a similar quality beam and be competitive with the upgraded APS,” says Eric Isaacs, a condensed matter physicist and former director of Argonne.

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This would enable powerful quantum simulations that mimic the interactions in natural crystals, noted Will, which is a focus area of condensed matter physics.

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"We would like to use the BECs in a 2D system. When you go from three dimensions to two, you can always expect new physics to emerge," he said. 2D materials are a major area of research at Columbia; having a model system made of molecular BECs could help Will and his condensed matter colleagues explore quantum phenomena including superconductivity, superfluidity, and more.

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While there, he worked with colleague Shiing-Shen Chern to develop the influential Chern-Simons theory, a topological theory that has since been shown to have important connections to condensed matter and quantum physics.

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