Emergent Phenomena in Condensed Matter and Particle Physics
by
Edward Witten(Institute for Advanced Studies Princeton)
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Description
Traditionally, there is a close analogy between condensed matter physics
and particle physics, reflecting the fact that both fields deal with large
scale effects of local quantum degrees of freedom. The analogy is the reason that emergent
phenomena, which are ubiquitous in condensed matter physics, are also important in particle
physics.
The traditional analogy between the two subjects actually fails in the presence
of gravity, but modern ``holographic'' insights suggest a cure.