Strongly-entangled topological matter
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leeds
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
This project will advance the theoretical understanding of the new type of matter called topological matter, which emerges in strongly-interacting quantum systems. By performing numerical simulations, the project will investigate fundamental properties of topological matter, such as its geometry and quantum entanglement. This will provide feedback to experiments on how to realise new topological matter in materials like bilayer graphene.
Topology is a branch of mathematics that describes properties of objects which do not change under local perturbations. For example, a soccer ball is the same as a rugby ball because we can slowly stretch one into the other. Curiously, in certain semiconductor materials (like the ones used to build transistors and solar cells) there are phases of matter which are also insensitive to local perturbations. This topological matter is very different from ordinary matter (like water or ice) because it represents a collective state that emerges when many quantum particles interact, similar to superfluids and superconductors.
Topological matter forms a very active field of modern condensed matter physics, for at least three reasons. First, topological matter has been seen in many beautiful experiments, starting with the original discovery of the fractional quantum Hall effect in the 1980s. Second, topological matter represents a major challenge for theoretical physics, because it cannot be explained by traditional solid state theories based on "symmetry breaking". Third, topological phases have very rich and unexpected properties, for example their low-energy excitations behave as "quasiparticles" which are more general than the Standard Model of particle physics (i.e., they are neither bosons nor fermions). Recent discovery of one such quasiparticle - the "Majorana fermion" - has attracted much public attention, and current research focuses on harnessing the power of the Majoranas to perform quantum computing. Thus, topological matter may have an important role to play in future quantum technologies.
This project will advance the understanding of topological matter in the systems of strongly interacting particles, where many fundamental problems remain open. The project will investigate the role of geometry in topological matter, which determines their elastic and thermal properties. Furthermore, the project will investigate quantum correlations ("entanglement") in topological matter, with the goal of understanding how topological order could be enabled to survive at high temperatures. This would represent an important practical advance as most of topological matter is currently realised only at cryogenic conditions. Finally, the project will establish close connection to experiments that seek to realise topological matter in new materials. By developing and applying new numerical algorithms, the project will identify interaction-driven topological phenomena that can be experimentally accessed in bilayer graphene, in particular the phases that host the Majorana fermions or even more exotic "parafermion" quasiparticles.
Topology is a branch of mathematics that describes properties of objects which do not change under local perturbations. For example, a soccer ball is the same as a rugby ball because we can slowly stretch one into the other. Curiously, in certain semiconductor materials (like the ones used to build transistors and solar cells) there are phases of matter which are also insensitive to local perturbations. This topological matter is very different from ordinary matter (like water or ice) because it represents a collective state that emerges when many quantum particles interact, similar to superfluids and superconductors.
Topological matter forms a very active field of modern condensed matter physics, for at least three reasons. First, topological matter has been seen in many beautiful experiments, starting with the original discovery of the fractional quantum Hall effect in the 1980s. Second, topological matter represents a major challenge for theoretical physics, because it cannot be explained by traditional solid state theories based on "symmetry breaking". Third, topological phases have very rich and unexpected properties, for example their low-energy excitations behave as "quasiparticles" which are more general than the Standard Model of particle physics (i.e., they are neither bosons nor fermions). Recent discovery of one such quasiparticle - the "Majorana fermion" - has attracted much public attention, and current research focuses on harnessing the power of the Majoranas to perform quantum computing. Thus, topological matter may have an important role to play in future quantum technologies.
This project will advance the understanding of topological matter in the systems of strongly interacting particles, where many fundamental problems remain open. The project will investigate the role of geometry in topological matter, which determines their elastic and thermal properties. Furthermore, the project will investigate quantum correlations ("entanglement") in topological matter, with the goal of understanding how topological order could be enabled to survive at high temperatures. This would represent an important practical advance as most of topological matter is currently realised only at cryogenic conditions. Finally, the project will establish close connection to experiments that seek to realise topological matter in new materials. By developing and applying new numerical algorithms, the project will identify interaction-driven topological phenomena that can be experimentally accessed in bilayer graphene, in particular the phases that host the Majorana fermions or even more exotic "parafermion" quasiparticles.
Planned Impact
Physics has traditionally been reductionist: to understand something, we divide it into smaller parts. However, some of the most interesting phenomena in modern condensed matter physics cannot be understood in this way because of interactions between particles. Topological phases of matter are such emergent phenomena. The research into topological matter currently lies at the frontier of modern physics; for example, this has been acknowledged by the EPSRC as one of the "Grand Challenges", and also by the international collaboration on the "Many-Electron Problem" supported by the Simons Foundation.
Apart from contributing to a fundamental challenge of theoretical physics, this project will also impact the experiments in two different ways, which may lead to technological applications in the long term. First, the project will benefit from being at the interface between condensed matter physics and quantum information. A synergy between these two areas is expected to be the key for designing robust quantum devices for real world applications. The proposal focuses on bilayer graphene, which connects with the UK's focus on graphene technology. Second, although the research in this proposal is theoretical, one of its goals is to perform extensive numerical modeling of real systems and thereby guide the experiments towards realising topological matter. In particular, the project aims to provide feedback to experiments on how to realise complex topological states whose quasiparticles (the parafermions) may be vital for designing fault-tolerant quantum computers which may revolutionise future technology.
The impact of this project will foremost be generated by establishing my group in Leeds as a hub for research on topological phenomena in strongly-interacting systems. In particular, this will be achieved by developing computational methods based on exact diagonalisation and tensor networks. This will strengthen the UK position in state-of-the-art numerical simulations of topological systems, which is currently not on the level of the US, Canada and Europe (particularly Germany).
The impact and visibility of this research will be achieved via the following routes.
1. The dissemination plan consists of several high-impact publications (of the level of Phys. Rev. Lett. or Phys. Rev. X). Additionally, a review article on topological phenomena in bilayer graphene, co-authored with at least one experimental colleague, is planned to maximise the impact.
2. Invited talks at workshops, conferences and academic institutions, in which I have extensive track-record. In February 2017, I am also co-organising a large international meeting funded by the Royal Society, together with colleagues at Oxford (Arijeet Pal, Steve Simon), Cambridge (Ulrich Schneider) and London (Sir Michael Pepper). This meeting will be an additional opportunity to generate international impact.
3. A project-dedicated webpage which will contain, on the one hand, a popular introduction and summaries to the publications. On the other hand, the page will be an interface to an open-source software repository. My existing software is GPL-licensed and available on my homepage.
4. Train a PDRA in both scientific and transferrable skills, and contribute to the education of students (especially via summer research projects).
5. Engage young audiences through UCAS School Open Days, by participating at Leeds Science Festival, and on a regular basis via social media (Twitter, Facebook pages).
6. Develop personal contacts and collaborations within the UK, and bring the international experts for shorter and longer term stays in Leeds. In the second year of the grant, I will organise a workshop on many-body topological phenomena. The workshop will fit naturally into the existing framework of the Leeds Symposia on Topological Quantum Computation (whose 19th session I have co-organised this year), which will also minimise its cost on this project.
Apart from contributing to a fundamental challenge of theoretical physics, this project will also impact the experiments in two different ways, which may lead to technological applications in the long term. First, the project will benefit from being at the interface between condensed matter physics and quantum information. A synergy between these two areas is expected to be the key for designing robust quantum devices for real world applications. The proposal focuses on bilayer graphene, which connects with the UK's focus on graphene technology. Second, although the research in this proposal is theoretical, one of its goals is to perform extensive numerical modeling of real systems and thereby guide the experiments towards realising topological matter. In particular, the project aims to provide feedback to experiments on how to realise complex topological states whose quasiparticles (the parafermions) may be vital for designing fault-tolerant quantum computers which may revolutionise future technology.
The impact of this project will foremost be generated by establishing my group in Leeds as a hub for research on topological phenomena in strongly-interacting systems. In particular, this will be achieved by developing computational methods based on exact diagonalisation and tensor networks. This will strengthen the UK position in state-of-the-art numerical simulations of topological systems, which is currently not on the level of the US, Canada and Europe (particularly Germany).
The impact and visibility of this research will be achieved via the following routes.
1. The dissemination plan consists of several high-impact publications (of the level of Phys. Rev. Lett. or Phys. Rev. X). Additionally, a review article on topological phenomena in bilayer graphene, co-authored with at least one experimental colleague, is planned to maximise the impact.
2. Invited talks at workshops, conferences and academic institutions, in which I have extensive track-record. In February 2017, I am also co-organising a large international meeting funded by the Royal Society, together with colleagues at Oxford (Arijeet Pal, Steve Simon), Cambridge (Ulrich Schneider) and London (Sir Michael Pepper). This meeting will be an additional opportunity to generate international impact.
3. A project-dedicated webpage which will contain, on the one hand, a popular introduction and summaries to the publications. On the other hand, the page will be an interface to an open-source software repository. My existing software is GPL-licensed and available on my homepage.
4. Train a PDRA in both scientific and transferrable skills, and contribute to the education of students (especially via summer research projects).
5. Engage young audiences through UCAS School Open Days, by participating at Leeds Science Festival, and on a regular basis via social media (Twitter, Facebook pages).
6. Develop personal contacts and collaborations within the UK, and bring the international experts for shorter and longer term stays in Leeds. In the second year of the grant, I will organise a workshop on many-body topological phenomena. The workshop will fit naturally into the existing framework of the Leeds Symposia on Topological Quantum Computation (whose 19th session I have co-organised this year), which will also minimise its cost on this project.
Organisations
- University of Leeds (Lead Research Organisation)
- Princeton University (Collaboration)
- Institute of High Performance Computing (Collaboration)
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Zhejiang University (Collaboration)
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (Collaboration)
- Cornell University (Collaboration)
- National University of Singapore (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (Collaboration)
- Argonne National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- University of Geneva (Collaboration)
- University of California, Berkeley (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
Zlatko Papic (Principal Investigator) |
Publications

Abanin D
(2017)
Recent progress in many-body localization
in Annalen der Physik

Abanin D
(2017)
Recent progress in many-body localization


Barkeshli M
(2018)
Topological Exciton Fermi Surfaces in Two-Component Fractional Quantized Hall Insulators.
in Physical review letters

Bull K
(2019)
Systematic Construction of Scarred Many-Body Dynamics in 1D Lattice Models.
in Physical review letters

Choi S
(2019)
Emergent SU(2) Dynamics and Perfect Quantum Many-Body Scars.
in Physical review letters

Choi Soonwon
(2018)
Emergent SU(2) dynamics and perfect quantum many-body scars
in arXiv e-prints
Title | Leeds Light Night 2018 |
Description | As part of Leeds Light Night 2018, Spanish artists Hotaru Visual Guerrilla have taken inspiration from our research into quantum chaos to explore the beauty of chaos using light, sound and movement. |
Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Impact | The performance was featured in national media: https://leeds-list.com/culture/21-events-to-make-this-years-light-night-the-best-one-yet/ https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/leeds-light-night-makes-spectacular-return-to-city-centre-1-9381988 also mentioned on BBC 1 Yorkshire and North Midlands (https://article.signalmedia.co/0e680991-a473-38aa-8277-60f6a2d92abf?u=f9157888-8859-4dec-89cc-3ce73fc5de40?igin=docx), and regional radio stations such as Radio Aire and Magic FM. |
Description | (1) The formulation of "generalized pseudopotentials" to describe anisotropic fractional quantum Hall states [Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 146403 (2017)]. This is a key theoretical development that extends Haldane's seminal work in 1983 to allow for the microscopic description of fractional quantum Hall states in tilted magnetic fields and materials with band mass anisotropy. (2) The discovery of "interaction distance" -- a new method to quantify the effect of interactions on quantum many-body states including ones with topological order [Nature Communications 8, 14926 (2017)]. This work introduces a new theoretical concept to measure the complexity of quantum states according to "how interacting" they are, which will pave the way for a new theoretical perspective and more efficient numerical simulations of quantum many-body systems. (3) Experimental proposal for observing "anyons" (particles that form the building blocks of topological phases of matter) using scanning tunnelling microscopy [Phys. Rev. X 8, 011037 (2018)]. This proposal might lead to a direct experimental observation of anyons through their distinct STM signature, thus making key progress in the field of topological phases of matter and their use in quantum computation. (4) A discovery of the new physical phenomenon -- "quantum many-body scars" [Nature Physics 14, 745 (2018)]-- which explains the observed non-ergodic dynamics in recent quantum simulators built from Rydberg atoms. |
Exploitation Route | The key findings (1) and (2), which introduce new theoretical concepts, are already cited and being used by other researchers in academic community. The finding (3) is expected to motivate experimental search for anyons using STM techniques. If signatures of anyons are indeed detected, this will inspire efforts to controllably manipulate them and study their properties, paving the way for their use in fundamental research on quantum computation and applications to quantum technologies. The finding (4) has already inspired a variety of follow-up works by groups at Princeton, Harvard, Boston University, Maryland, Zurich. |
Sectors | Electronics |
Description | The work on quantum many-body scars, supported by this grant, was featured in Quanta magazine [https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-scarring-appears-to-defy-universes-push-for-disorder-20190320/], one of the leading popular science journals. The same work also inspired a performance by the Spanish artists Hotaru Visual Guerrilla that was projected upon Leeds Civic Hall during the Leeds Light Night Festival in October 2018, receiving coverage by Yorkshire Post and BBC1 radio. The press release I prepared with the Leeds Marketing Team [https://bit.ly/2XLVLit] was picked up by news outlets including Photonics Online, Nanotechnology News, Digital Journal, Space Daily, Phys.org, etc. |
First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
Sector | Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
Impact Types | Cultural Societal |
Description | Free-particle descriptions of topological quantum matter and many-body localisation |
Amount | £466,889 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/R020612/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2018 |
End | 04/2022 |
Description | Royal Society Research Grants |
Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | RG160635 |
Organisation | The Royal Society |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2017 |
End | 02/2018 |
Description | Argonne |
Organisation | Argonne National Laboratory |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We have provided previous expertise in the topic of quantum many-body scars as well as expertise in the numerical simulations of such systems. |
Collaborator Contribution | Argonne collaborator has contributed to the idea of how to construct new types of models that exhibit quantum many-body scarring. |
Impact | Kieran Bull, Ivar Martin, and Z. Papic, Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 030601 - Published 15 July 2019 |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Cornell |
Organisation | Cornell University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I have provided theoretical expertise in the fractional quantum Hall effect. |
Collaborator Contribution | Cornell collaborators have contributed their computational expertise in applying machine learning techniques to condensed matter physics. |
Impact | Michael Matty, Yi Zhang, Zlatko Papic, and Eun-Ah Kim, Phys. Rev. B 100, 155141 - Published 28 October 2019 |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Harvard 2018/2019 |
Organisation | Harvard University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have provided theoretical and numerical expertise in simulating the model of a constrained Rydberg atom chain. |
Collaborator Contribution | Harvard collaborators have provided experimental expertise and contributed to the idea of modelling the revivals in a Rydberg atom chain in terms of an emergent spin. |
Impact | Soonwon Choi, Christopher J. Turner, Hannes Pichler, Wen Wei Ho, Alexios A. Michailidis, Zlatko Papic, Maksym Serbyn, Mikhail D. Lukin, and Dmitry A. Abanin Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 220603 - Published 7 June 2019 |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Leeds |
Organisation | University of Leeds |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | My group has contributed to developing a new theoretical framework to characterise interaction effects on quantum many-body systems. |
Collaborator Contribution | The group of Jiannis Pachos has initiated the project and continues to lead the main direction of the project. |
Impact | Christopher J. Turner, Konstantinos Meichanetzidis, Zlatko Papic, Jiannis K. Pachos, Nature Communications 8, 14926 (2017); Konstantinos Meichanetzidis, Christopher J. Turner, Ashk Farjami, Zlatko Papic, Jiannis K. Pachos, Phys. Rev. B 97, 125104 (2018); Jiannis K. Pachos, Zlatko Papic, SciPost Phys. Lect. Notes 4 (2018). |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Princeton |
Organisation | Princeton University |
Department | Department of Physics |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | An on-going collaboration which focuses on the investigation of theoretical properties of non-Abelian topological states in the fractional quantum Hall effect, and their experimental realization in graphene systems or experimental probes via techniques such as STM. I have proposed theoretical models of these phenomena and performed numerical simulations. |
Collaborator Contribution | Theoretical analysis has been performed jointly with other theory partners at Princeton University (Michael Zaletel) and University of Pittsburgh (Roger Mong), who have contributed expertise on independent numerical techniques (DMRG). More recently, we have made stronger connections with our experimental partners, who provided expertise on the physics of graphene (Andrea Young at UCSB) and STM techniques (Ali Yazdani at Princeton University). |
Impact | Maissam Barkeshli, Chetan Nayak, Zlatko Papic, Andrea Young, Michael Zaletel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 026603 (2018); Zlatko Papic, Roger S. K. Mong, Ali Yazdani, Michael P. Zaletel, Phys. Rev. X 8, 011037 (2018); : Michael P. Zaletel, Scott Geraedts, Zlatko Papic, Edward H. Rezayi, Phys. Rev. B 98, 045113 (2018). |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Princeton |
Organisation | University of California, Berkeley |
Department | School of Public Health Berkeley |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | An on-going collaboration which focuses on the investigation of theoretical properties of non-Abelian topological states in the fractional quantum Hall effect, and their experimental realization in graphene systems or experimental probes via techniques such as STM. I have proposed theoretical models of these phenomena and performed numerical simulations. |
Collaborator Contribution | Theoretical analysis has been performed jointly with other theory partners at Princeton University (Michael Zaletel) and University of Pittsburgh (Roger Mong), who have contributed expertise on independent numerical techniques (DMRG). More recently, we have made stronger connections with our experimental partners, who provided expertise on the physics of graphene (Andrea Young at UCSB) and STM techniques (Ali Yazdani at Princeton University). |
Impact | Maissam Barkeshli, Chetan Nayak, Zlatko Papic, Andrea Young, Michael Zaletel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 026603 (2018); Zlatko Papic, Roger S. K. Mong, Ali Yazdani, Michael P. Zaletel, Phys. Rev. X 8, 011037 (2018); : Michael P. Zaletel, Scott Geraedts, Zlatko Papic, Edward H. Rezayi, Phys. Rev. B 98, 045113 (2018). |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Singapore |
Organisation | Institute of High Performance Computing |
Country | Singapore |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have made a theoretical formalism for describing the anisotropic fractional quantum Hall effect. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners in Singapore (Chinghua Lee, Bo Yang) have contributed to the theoretical formulation of the main idea. |
Impact | Bo Yang, Zi-Xiang Hu, Ching Hua Lee, Zlatko Papic, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 146403 (2017); Ching Hua Lee, Wen Wei Ho, Bo Yang, Jiangbin Gong, Zlatko Papic, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 237401 (2018). |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Singapore |
Organisation | National University of Singapore |
Department | Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI) |
Country | Singapore |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have made a theoretical formalism for describing the anisotropic fractional quantum Hall effect. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners in Singapore (Chinghua Lee, Bo Yang) have contributed to the theoretical formulation of the main idea. |
Impact | Bo Yang, Zi-Xiang Hu, Ching Hua Lee, Zlatko Papic, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 146403 (2017); Ching Hua Lee, Wen Wei Ho, Bo Yang, Jiangbin Gong, Zlatko Papic, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 237401 (2018). |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | University of Geneva/IST Austria |
Organisation | Institute of Science and Technology Austria |
Country | Austria |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are contributing to theoretical investigation on non-ergodic quantum many-body systems, in particular through the development of novel numerical methods to simulate such systems. |
Collaborator Contribution | The long-term collaborators at IST and Geneva provide theoretical expertise in different areas of condensed matter physics and insight into possible experimental realisations. |
Impact | Maksym Serbyn, Z. Papic, Dmitry A. Abanin, Phys. Rev. B 96, 104201 (2017); Dmitry A. Abanin and Zlatko Papic, DOI: 10.1002/andp.201700169 (review article); Alexios A. Michailidis, Marko Žnidaric, Mariya Medvedyeva, Dmitry A. Abanin, Tomaž Prosen, Z. Papic, Phys. Rev. B 97, 104307 (2018); Christopher J. Turner, Alexios A. Michailidis, Dmitry A. Abanin, Maksym Serbyn, Zlatko Papic, Nature Physics 14, 745-749 (2018); Christopher J. Turner, Alexios A. Michailidis, Dmitry A. Abanin, Maksym Serbyn, Zlatko Papic, Phys. Rev. B 98, 155134 (2018) |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | University of Geneva/IST Austria |
Organisation | University of Geneva |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are contributing to theoretical investigation on non-ergodic quantum many-body systems, in particular through the development of novel numerical methods to simulate such systems. |
Collaborator Contribution | The long-term collaborators at IST and Geneva provide theoretical expertise in different areas of condensed matter physics and insight into possible experimental realisations. |
Impact | Maksym Serbyn, Z. Papic, Dmitry A. Abanin, Phys. Rev. B 96, 104201 (2017); Dmitry A. Abanin and Zlatko Papic, DOI: 10.1002/andp.201700169 (review article); Alexios A. Michailidis, Marko Žnidaric, Mariya Medvedyeva, Dmitry A. Abanin, Tomaž Prosen, Z. Papic, Phys. Rev. B 97, 104307 (2018); Christopher J. Turner, Alexios A. Michailidis, Dmitry A. Abanin, Maksym Serbyn, Zlatko Papic, Nature Physics 14, 745-749 (2018); Christopher J. Turner, Alexios A. Michailidis, Dmitry A. Abanin, Maksym Serbyn, Zlatko Papic, Phys. Rev. B 98, 155134 (2018) |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Zhejiang |
Organisation | Zhejiang University |
Department | School of Medicine |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have introduced the concept of geometric quench to probe bulk out-of-equilibrium dynamics of fractional quantum Hall phases of matter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Dr. Zhao Liu from Zhejiang University provided expertise in the numerical simulations of fractional Chern insulators. |
Impact | Zhao Liu, Andrey Gromov, Zlatko Papic, Phys. Rev. B 98, 155140 (2018) |
Start Year | 2018 |
Title | Interaction distance |
Description | The software evaluates the interaction distance which we introduced in [Nature Communications 8, 14926 (2017)] using as input the entanglement spectrum or energy spectrum of a quantum system. The software is written in Python and some documentation for it can be found at the website listed below. A review article introducing the method and further promoting the software is soon to be published. |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | Too early to say because we are just about to start promoting this software, which will happen after we complete the review article mentioned above. |
URL | https://theory.leeds.ac.uk/interaction-distance/ |
Description | 22nd Symposium on Quantum Information |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | International workshop promoting research at Theoretical Physics Group in Leeds, with participants from all over the UK, Switzerland, EU, Singapore, Australia. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://theory.leeds.ac.uk/jiannis-pachos/symposia-on-topological-quantum-information/symposium-dec-... |
Description | 4th Northern Quantum Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Promoting research on quantum physics amongst Universities in Yorkshire area, networking and community building within the N8 group |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://theory.leeds.ac.uk/dr-almut-beige/northernquantum4/ |
Description | Interview to Quanta magazine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Quanta Magazine is an online publication of the Simons Foundation covering developments in physics, mathematics, biology and computer science. The articles in the magazine are freely available to read online and often reprinted in publications like Scientific American, Wired, etc. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-scarring-appears-to-defy-universes-push-for-disorder-20190320... |
Description | Leeds Light 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | As part of Leeds Light Night 2018, Spanish artists Hotaru Visual Guerrilla have taken inspiration from our research into quantum chaos to explore the beauty of chaos using light, sound and movement. https://leeds-list.com/culture/21-events-to-make-this-years-light-night-the-best-one-yet/ https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/leeds-light-night-makes-spectacular-return-to-city-centre-1-9381988 also mentioned on BBC 1 Yorkshire and North Midlands (https://article.signalmedia.co/0e680991-a473-38aa-8277-60f6a2d92abf?u=f9157888-8859-4dec-89cc-3ce73fc5de40?igin=docx), and regional radio stations such as Radio Aire and Magic FM. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Physics Sixth Form Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | I have co-organised a one-day event at University of Leeds which involved 120 students from local schools. The purpose of this event was for A-level students to hear about the new and exciting areas of research happening at the University of Leeds, and the opportunities available to both pre-university and undergraduate students to not just learn physics, but DO physics. The event showcased the research performed by postgraduate students at the University of Leeds, who presented their posters and explained their work to the participants. In addition, the event featured several lectures, in particular one focusing on quantum physics and technology. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/events/event/301/physics_sixth_form_conference |
Description | Press Quantum Scars |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Our Nature Physics paper on quantum scars was featured in several news outlets: Photonics Online: https://www.photonicsonline.com/doc/insight-into-quantum-chaos-may-be-the-key-to-quantum-computers-0001 Nanotechnology News: http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=55131 Digital Journal: http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/science/key-to-quantum-computing-is-understanding-quantum-chaos/article/522261 Space Daily: http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Deeper_understanding_of_quantum_chaos_may_be_the_key_to_quantum_computers_999.html Phys.org: https://phys.org/news/2018-05-deeper-quantum-chaos-key.html University of Leeds press release: https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/4231/insight_into_quantum_chaos_may_be_the_key_to_quantum_computers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/4231/insight_into_quantum_chaos_may_be_the_key_to_quantum_compu... |
Description | Royal Society Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Co-organised a major international conference on many-body localisation and related phenomena in quantum systems. The conference boosted the visibility of this new topic in the UK, in academic circles as well as among broader audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2017/02/ergodicity-in-quantum-systems/ |
Description | UCAS/School Open Days |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | I have regularly been giving a popular lectures during UCAS days at University of Leeds. The lecture is entitled "Entangled quantum matter" and introduces my research to the lay audience. This was done about 10 times during academic years 2016/17 and 2017/18 involving total audience of about 400 prospective undergraduate students and their parents. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017,2018 |