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Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics

The Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics was established in 2012 by the University of Edinburgh to seek answers to fundamental questions about the universe. We do this by creating opportunities for researchers and students from around the world to come together to formulate new theoretical concepts, taking us beyond the limitations of current paradigms.

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Understanding the High Energy Limit of Quantum field Theory—Ira ROTHSTEIN

Quantum field theory has proven to be the most powerful and successful tool in physics, yet despite a century of progress many problems remain open. Some of these problems are just coming to light, e.g. non-Fermi liquids, while others have been around a while but are still open, such ...
Higgs Centre Seminar Room, JCMB

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Nonequilibrium Quantum and Statistical Thermodynamics Workshop

As a physical theory, thermodynamics is somewhat unique in that its development was driven largely by practicality, and in particular, the need to optimise the efficiency of the first thermal machines which appeared in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The subsequent refinement and developments in classical thermodynamics and ...
  • Elm Lecture Theatre

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A whistle-stop tour of quantum thermodynamics—Steve CAMPBELL

The steady interest in understanding the thermodynamics of quantum systems has led to several approaches to defining work and heat in a quantum mechanically consistent way. Quantum thermodynamics as a subfield has grown steadily in the last 15 years, revealing the impact that coherence can have on the energetics of ...
Elm Lecture Theatre

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