Particle-vortex Statistics and Dense Matter
| Date/Time: | Monday, 01 Apr 2019 from 4:10 pm to 5:00 pm |
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| Location: | Phys 0003 |
| Phone: | 515-294-5441 |
| Channel: | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
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Abstract: Neutron stars are extremely dense objects where atomic nuclei dissolve to produce extended soup of nucleons/baryons. Recent observation of neutron star mergers through gravitational waves has given rise to vigorous research activity in this area. In order to make progress in understanding neutron stars, it is of utmost importance to understand the properties of such dense matter as well as accurately model its equation of state. In this talk I discuss the various patterns of organizations expected to arise in dense baryonic matter and how modern developments in topological phase transitions in condensed matter systems combined with perturbative techniques in quantum chromodynamics, the theory of strong interactions, can inform our knowledge in this regard.
Bio: I did my PhD from the University of Maryland after which I spent two years at the University of Arizona as a postdoc. Currently I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Nuclear Theory at the University of Washington. I work on phase transitions in dense matter, effective field theories, QCD phase diagram etc.