CPT

Calendar of Physics Talks Vienna

Robust time crystals in semiconductors
Speaker:Prof. Manfred Bayer (TU Dortmund)
Abstract:Crystals spontaneously break the continuous translation symmetry of free space. Analogously, time crystals (TC) lift translational invariance in time. Continuous time crystals are a result of time-independent external driving, which compensates exactly for the system’s energy losses. As a specific example, we describe a time crystal implemented in the coupled electron-nuclei spin system of a tailored semiconductor, featuring spontaneous breaking of the translational symmetry of time.
Date: Mon, 27.05.2024
Time: 17:00
Duration: 60 min
Location:TU Wien, Freihaus, Hörsaal 5, https://tuw-maps.tuwien.ac.at/?q=DA02G15
Contact:Andrei Pimenov

Asymptotic symmetries of new 3d conformal higher spin theories for low spins (Vienna Theory Lunch Seminar)
Speaker:Iva Lovrekovic (TU Wien)
Abstract: We study asymptotic symmetries for 3d Chern-Simons theory as a gauge theory of so(3,2), sl_4 and sl_5 algebras. For the near horizon boundary conditions we present solutions from several projectors from Chern-Simons to the metric formulation. We also study the classification according to so(3,2) one parameter subgroups and classify obtained solutions. [[part of the "Vienna Theory Lunch Seminar, see https://lunch-seminar.univie.ac.at ]]
Date: Tue, 28.05.2024
Time: 12:30
Duration: 75 min
Location:University of Vienna: Boltzmanngasse 5, 5th floor, Schrödinger Lecture Hall
Contact:Florian Lindenbauer

Shadows of new physics on analog systems, GUPs and other amusements
Speaker:Alfredo Iorio (Charles University, Prague)
Abstract:After a brief introduction to the analog enterprise in general, and to Dirac materials in particular, I shall show how, when higher-order effects in the parameter $\ell/\hbar |p|$, related to the lattice spacing $\ell$, are considered, Dirac materials can be used as tabletop systems where generalized commutation relations are naturally realized. Such algebras, which lead to generalized versions of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, are under intense scrutiny these days, as they could be the effect of a fundamental length scale of space. Despite the efforts and the many intriguing theoretical results, though, there are no experimental signatures of any generalized uncertainty principle (GUP). Therefore, our results here could be of interest to practitioners of the phenomenology of quantum gravity. We identify three different energy regimes that we call `layers', where the physics [...]
Date: Tue, 28.05.2024
Time: 14:00
Duration: 60 min
Location:Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Wien, Austria (Schroedinger Hoersaal)
Contact:Adrien Fiorucci, Daniel Grumiller

Dark state pair-production in underground accelerators and their detection
Speaker:Maximilian Fahrecker (University of Vienna)
Abstract:We explore the possibility of new light fermionic particles with electromagnetic form factor interactions and their production and detection in underground low-energy high-intensity electron beams. The particles could be dark matter candidates. The detection will be facilitated by using a novel CCD-sensor. We calculate the corresponding cross sections while discussing constraints from cosmology, astrophysics and high-precision particle physics. These theoretical results can then be checked against measurements.
Date: Tue, 28.05.2024
Time: 16:15
Duration: 60 min
Location:Erwin-Schroedinger-Hoersaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stock
Contact:A. Hoang, M. Procura