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SUMMARY:Visualizing Quantum Matter at Atomic Scale
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: J.C. Seamus Davis (University of Oxford)\n\nEverythi
 ng around us\, everything each of us has ever experienced\, and virtually 
 everything underpinning our technological society and economy is governed 
 by quantum mechanics. Yet this most fundamental physical theory of nature 
 often feels as if it is a set of somewhat eerie and counterintuitive ideas
  of no direct relevance to our lives. Why is this? One reason is that we c
 annot perceive the strangeness (and astonishing beauty) of the quantum mec
 hanical phenomena all around us by using our own senses. I will describe t
 he history of development of techniques that allow us to visualize electro
 nic quantum phenomena and new states of quantum matter directly at the ato
 mic scale. As recent examples\, we will visually explore the previously un
 seen and very beautiful forms of quantum matter making up electronic liqui
 d crystals (1\,2)\; high temperature superconductors (2\,3\,4)\; electron-
 pair crystals (5\,6\,7) and intrinsic topological superconductors (8\,9). 
 I will discuss the implications for fundamental physics research and also 
 for advanced materials and quantum technologies\, arising from such direct
  atomic-scale visualization of quantum matter.\nReferences1. Science 344\,
  612 (2014)2. Nature 570\, 484 (2019)3. Science 357\, 75 (2017)4. Science 
 364\, 976 (2019)5. Nature 532\, 343 (2016)6. Nature 571\, 234 (2020)7. Sci
 ence 372\, 1447 (2021)8. Nature 618\, 921 (2023)9. Science 388\, 938 (2025
 )\n \n\nhttps://indico.fysik.su.se/event/9417/
URL:https://indico.fysik.su.se/event/9417/
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