The journal club is similar to the main PQM discussion group, with one crucial difference: attendance is limited to students and postdoctoral researchers. It has been active since its initial creation in 2019, on initiative of our (now graduated) PhD student Leon Schoonderwoerd. The main purpose of the journal club is to improve cohesion and discussion between these junior researchers in an informal context.

We aim to meet once a week for discussions. This can either be a formal discussion of a particular research topic; a student led presentation/seminar; or just and informal catch-up over coffee (other beverages are available!).

 

For more information, or if you have suggestions for events/topics, please contact Joshua Tucker, or Joseph Chapman.

Schedule for Term 1 / Fall 2025

(organised by Joshua Tucker)

The time and place for the Journal club meetings will be determined soon — keep an eye on your emails!

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Past Years Events

Here, one can find a selection of past events run by the journal club. This should provide a good example of what can be expected for the year.

Schedule for AY 2024/25

(organised by Joseph Chapman)

Select events from the schedule

• 11/06/25 – Talk by Elizabeth Chipperfield
• 21/03/25 – Assorted short talks
• 07/03/25 – “Introduction to Information Theory” by Joshua Tucker
• 28/02/25 – “Gentle Introduction to QFT” by Joseph Chapman
• 06/12/24 – Coffee and informal discussion

Schedule for AY 2023/24

the 2023/24 Journal club meetings will take place on Wednesdays at 12:00, with details to be emailed to participants.

Select events from the schedule

• 20/03/24 – Coffee and informal discussion
• 06/03/24 – MPhys Project Discussion
• 29/11/23 – Meet and greet / discussion

Schedule for AY 2022/23

Schedule for Term 2 / Spring 2023

• 16/03/2023 – First MPhys Student presentation session
• 23/03/2023 – Additional session for MPhys presentations
• 30/03/2023 – Discussion of the MPhys viva assessments

(Limited events due to availability.)

Schedule for Term 1 / Autumn 2022

• 02/11/2022 – Discussion of the Nobel Prize in Physics by Joseph Chapman
• 09/11/2022 – Many-body physics with arrays of individual Rydberg atoms by Ciprian-Cristian Vijeu
• 16/11/2022 – No Journal Club meeting to permit attendance of the lecture series by Prof. Werner Krauth.
• 23/11/2022 – Dialectics of Nature by Henry Sheehy
• 30/11/2022 – Discussion of the Quantum Cheshire Cats
• 07/12/2022 – Continued discussion of the Quantum Cheshire Cats
• 14/12/2022 – Group discussion of work this term

Schedule for AY 2021/22

Schedule for Term 1 / Autumn 2021

(organised by Tymoteusz Tula.)

• 27/10/2021 — Tymoteusz Tula
• 03/11/2021 — Johnathan Martin (discussing his recent work: Bouncing in an oscillatory gravitational field)
• 10/11/2021 — Holly McPhillips (presenting materials exhibiting magnetoelectric effect: Fe₂Mo₃O₈ and Co₂Mo₃O₈)
• 17/11/2021 — Tymoteusz Tula (introduction to Tensor Networks: link to notes)
• 24/11/2021 — Johnathan Martin (discussing quantum Cheshire Cat effect: A dynamical quantum Cheshire Cat effect and implications for counterfactual communication)
• 01/12/2021 — –
• 08/12/2021 — James Neil (discussing article about Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerators: Optimum operating regimes of common paramagnetic refrigerants)
• 15/12/2021 — –

Schedule for Term 2 / Spring 2022

• 19/01/2022 — Tymoteusz Tula
• 26/01/2022 — Johnathan Martin
• 02/02/2022 — QFT in Condensed Matter Physics
• 10/02/2022 — QFT in Condensed Matter Physics
• 17/02/2022 — QFT in Condensed Matter Physics
• 24/02/2022 — QFT in Condensed Matter Physics
• 03/03/2022 — TBD
• 10/03/2022 — TBD
• 17/03/2022 — TBD
• 24/03/2022 — TBD
• 31/03/2022 — TBD
• 07/04/2022 — TBD