A (partial) record of discussion group meetings held in the academic year 2017-18

3 Nov 2017: Yu-Chin Tzeng – Applications of the DMRG (density-matrix renormalisation group) method to 1D spin (Haldane) chain systems

10 Nov 2017: Yu-Chin Tzeng – Applications of the DMRG (density-matrix renormalisation group) method to 1D spin (Haldane) chain systems (continued)

17 Nov 2017: Sam Carr – Interaction induced topological phases in one dimension metals

24 Nov 2017: Sam Carr – Interaction induced topological phases in one dimension metals (continued)

1 Dec 2017: Leon Schoonderwoerd – Matrix Product States

8 Dec 2017: Leon Schoonderwoerd – Matrix Product Operators and DMRG in the MPS Formalism

Term break

9 Feb 2018: Gunnar Möller – Optical Flux Lattices

16 Feb 2018: Christopher Winterowd – Resonantly interacting fermi gases

21 Mar 2018: Sudeep Ghosh – Time-reversal symmetry breaking in superconductors through loop Josephson-current order

11 Apr 2018: Sudeep Ghosh – Time-reversal symmetry breaking in superconductors through loop Josephson-current order (continued)

18 Apr 2018: Christopher Winterowd – Diagrammatic Monte Carlo for the Unitary Fermi Gas

25 April 2018: Gabor Csire (visiting from Bristol) – Application of superconducting density functional theory for unconventional pairing states

27 April 2018: Gonzalo Camacho: New approach for the Resonant Level Model

4 May 2018: Christopher Winterowd – Diagrammatic Monte Carlo approach for the Unitary Fermi Gas

11 May 2018: TBD

18 May 2018: Bartholomew Andrews – Stability of Fractional Chern Insulators in |C|>1 Hofstadter Bands

24 May 2018: Jorge Quintanilla – The Small-world Effect