Colloquium speaker, Mohit Randeria IOSU) today at 3:45pm

[Patterson, Robin L.]

Please join us for the Physics Colloquium today, at 3:45 PM in The Robert Smith Seminar Room. There will be a reception at 3:30PM in the Atrium. Details concerning the talk are as follows:

Speaker:         Mohit Randeria (OSU)
Date:             Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Time:             3:45PM
Place:            1080 Physics Research Building, The Robert Smith Seminar Room
Title:              Skyrmions: Topological Spin Textures in Magnets



Abstract:   Skyrmions are topological solitons that first arose in high-energy physics. In recent years, through a series of beautiful experimental developments, they have become of great relevance to various condensed matter systems, particularly chiral magnetic materials. In this colloquium, I will begin with a pedagogical introduction to skyrmions and explain how these topological spin textures arise in magnets with spin-orbit coupling and broken inversion symmetry. I will describe the unusual properties of skyrmions and their potential for applications. I will then turn to our recent theoretical results on how skyrmion can be stabilized by tuning material parameters and geometry, and conclude with an overview of the experimental activity on skyrmions at Ohio State.
The website for the colloquium is https://physics.osu.edu/physics-colloquium-schedule


Also, there is the speaker student discussion starting just after the colloquium, at 4:45pm in the Smith Seminar Room.



Robin
[The Ohio State University]
Robin Patterson
Program Coordinator
Department of Physics
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