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SUMMARY:Ars Scientia Artist Talks: Momentum Space: Reflections\, Speculations\, and Encounters by Timothy Taylor
DESCRIPTION:Please join UBC School of Creative Writing associate professor and bestselling author Timothy Taylor for a discussion of why working with QMI and the Belkin is of such specific interest to him as a writer. Taylor will address key aspects of his writing history that orient him towards investigation and to seeking immersive experiences in unfamiliar professional environments. Taylor will reflect on past collaborative projects with the Belkin involving other artists and academics\, as well as a family connection in the world of optical physics\, reactions to QMI’s Laboratory for Atomic Imaging Research and Crystal Growth Lab\, and his enthusiasm for the aesthetic appeal of certain key instruments used at QMI. Finally\, Taylor will offer a glimpse of the residency output\, Momentum Space\, a book in preparation with artist Jeff Mair. \nTimothy Taylor is an Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor in the English department at UBC. He is a bestselling and award-winning author of six book-length works of fiction and nonfiction including Stanley Park\, The Blue Light project\, and Silent Cruise. He is also a prolific journalist\, and has published hundreds of feature articles in publications such as The New York Times\, EnRoute\, Walrus\, and many others. \nFunded by UBC’s Research Excellence Cluster program\, Ars Scientia is a tripartite partnership between UBC’s Blusson QMI\, the Department of Physics and Astronomy and The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery\, fostering new modes of knowledge exchange across the arts\, sciences and their pedagogies. \n  \nDate & time: April 4\, 2:00-3:00pm \nLocation: 311\, Brimacombe Building (2355 East Mall\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z4) \nTicket: This event is free and open to the public – we ask all attendees to please register below. \nREGISTER HERE\n  \nIMAGE (ABOVE): AN ARS SCIENTIA COLLABORATION BETWEEN VISUAL ARTIST JG MAIR AND PHYSICIST ALANNAH HALLAS AT BLUSSON QMI; THE TWO WORKED TOGETHER IN HALLAS’S LAB TO TURN “INSIGHTFUL FAILURES” OF HIGH-ENTROPY OXIDES (A TYPE OF QUANTUM MATERIAL) INTO AN ARTIST’S MEDIUM – PAINT. PHOTO: RACHEL TOPHAM PHOTOGRAPHY.
URL:https://qmi.miffanytark.com/event/ars-scientia-artist-talks-2023-timothy-taylor/
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SUMMARY:CM Seminar: Leslie M. Schoop – Princeton University:  The Chemistry of Quantum Materials
DESCRIPTION:Leslie M. Schoop – Princeton University\nTitle:  The Chemistry of Quantum Materials  \nAbstract: Quantum materials are hoped to change technology in various aspects. However\, most of the desired applications are hindered by the lack of suitable materials. In my group we are using concepts from chemistry to understand\, predict and synthesize new quantum materials. In this talk\, I will show how simple concepts\, such as measuring bond distances\, allow us to make predictions about electronic structures of materials\, which we can then use to find new quantum materials. I will also show how we can use chemical exfoliation\, a synthesis method that is much more used in energy science to create 2D nanosheets\, to synthesize novel 2D quantum materials. Examples are 2D magnets and superconductors\, for which our synthesis method allows for large-scale productions of inks to print electronics. \nSpeaker Bio: Dr. Leslie M. Schoop received her Diploma in Chemistry from Johannes Gutenberg University (2010) and PhD in Chemistry from Princeton University (2015). She then went on to work as a Minerva fast-track fellow under Professor Bettina Lotsch at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (2015-2017). Dr. Schoop joined the Princeton University Department of Chemistry Faculty in 2017 and was tenured in 2022. In 2019 she won the Beckman Young Investigator award and became a Moore foundation EPiQS Materials Synthesis Investigator. In 2020 she was awareded the Packard fellowship for science and engineering and in 2021 the Sloan fellowship in Chemistry and the DOD Office of Naval Research Young Investigator award. In 2022 you was awarded the NSF CAREER award. The Schoop Lab is working at the interface of chemistry and physics\, using chemical principles to find new materials with exotic physical properties. \n(This event is virtual and can be watched at the link below or in BRIM/AMPL 311)
URL:https://qmi.miffanytark.com/event/cm-seminar-leslie-m-schoop-princeton-university-the-chemistry-of-quantum-materials/
ORGANIZER;CN="Aditi Adhikari":MAILTO:aditi.adhikari@ubc.ca
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SUMMARY:CM Seminar: Erik Sorensen – McMaster University: Ground State Solitons in Kitaev Spin Chains
DESCRIPTION:Erik Sorensen – McMaster University\nTitle: Ground State Solitons in Kitaev Spin Chains \nAbstract: The bond-dependent Ising interaction present in the Kitaev model has recently attracted considerable attention. The attention has mostly focused on the two-dimensional honeycomb lattice version of the Kitaev model where several materials has been identified as potential realizations. However\, one can also imagine realizing simpler one-dimensional Kitaev spin chains that still has a surprisingly rich structure. One example is the ferromagnetic material CoNb2O6 which shows signatures of bond dependent interactions.  It is usually assumed that for the Kitaev spin chains the presence of a magnetic field does not lead to any interesting new physics. However\, recently we have identified an unusual chiral soliton phase in antiferromagnetic Kitaev chains\, appearing when the field is applied in specific directions. The phase is centered around a special point where a two-fold degenerate ground-state can be exactly found. In this talk I will present some of the interesting physics related to the soliton phase for both integer and half-integer spin and discuss a simple variational\npicture of the soliton phase. \nSpeaker Bio: Erik Sorensen is originally from AArhus Denmark. He got his Ph. D. at the University of California\, Santa Cruz in Physics in 1992. After UCSC\, he spent two years (1992-94) as a postdoc at UBC in the physics department . From British Columbia he moved to Bloomington\, Indiana for a second postdoc (1994-96) in the condensed matter theory group. From December 1996 till the fall of 2001\, Professor Sorensen worked as a professeur at the Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse and in the fall of 2001\, he joined the department of physics and astronomy at McMaster University. In general\, he work in the area of strongly correlated systems\, often on low-dimensional models of frustrated magnets and electronic and superconducting systems\, often using state of the art computational methods.
URL:https://qmi.miffanytark.com/event/cm-seminar-erik-sorensen-mcmaster-university-ground-state-solitons-in-kitaev-spin-chains/
ORGANIZER;CN="Aditi Adhikari":MAILTO:aditi.adhikari@ubc.ca
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SUMMARY:Ars Scientia Artist Talks 2023: Latent Life by Scott Billings
DESCRIPTION:Please join Scott Billings for Latent Life\, a presentation based on his recent research in the Ars Scientia residency. Drawing from a 1933 lecture in which Neils Bohr asserts that the impossibility of using a physical explanation for the phenomenon of life is analogous to the insufficiency of using a mechanical analysis to understand phenomena of the atom\, Billings will discuss his seemingly conflicting dual practice as both visual artist and mechanical engineer. Reflecting upon a preoccupation with the animality of cinematic machine\, among (many) other things\, Billings will relay his recent direct experience with photonic writing at QMI’s NanoFab Lab and the wonderful new conundrum of making and exhibiting micro-sculptures that are far too small to see with the naked eye. \nFunded by UBC’s Research Excellence Cluster program\, Ars Scientia is a tripartite partnership between UBC’s Blusson QMI\, the Department of Physics and Astronomy and The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery\, fostering new modes of knowledge exchange across the arts\, sciences and their pedagogies. \n  \nDate & time: April 18\, 3:30-4:30pm \nLocation: 311\, Brimacombe Building (2355 East Mall\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z4) \nTicket: This event is free and open to the public – register below. \n  \nREGISTER HERE\n  \nIMAGE (ABOVE): Image courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://qmi.miffanytark.com/event/ars-scientia-artist-talks-2023-latent-life-by-scott-billings/
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SUMMARY:Packing a Suitcase for a Journey through 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics
DESCRIPTION:In this demonstration\, PhD students Rafael Haenel and Niclas Heinsdorf will be showcasing the suitcase that you may have seen around the building. \nTitle: Packing a Suitcase for a Journey through 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics \nAbstract: Join us for a live experimental demonstration of entanglement and interference using single photon pairs. We will perform a series of experimental demonstrations from 100 years of quantum mechanics\, including last year’s Nobel prize winning experiment\, the measurement of violation of Bell inequalities. \nDate: Thursday April 27\, 2023 \nTime: 10:00 am \nLocation: Brimacombe 311 \nEveryone is welcome. Coffee and pastries will be served.
URL:https://qmi.miffanytark.com/event/quantum-suitcase/
ORGANIZER;CN="Aditi Adhikari":MAILTO:aditi.adhikari@ubc.ca
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