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SUMMARY:Quantum spins as quantum simulators
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Thierry Giamarchi\, Department of Quantum Matter Physics
 \, University of Geneva\nQuantum magnets in insulating structures have pro
 ven to be remarkable systems when subjected to a strong magnetic field.\nI
 n addition to their own intrinsic interest they can be mapped on model sys
 tems of itinerant quantum particles. This has allowed to use them as quant
 um simulators for studying the properties of interacting hard core bosons.
  In particular I will focus on two recent ladder compounds for which a com
 bination of numerical studies and analytical ones has allowed to obtain fu
 lly the dynamical correlation functions.\nI will review the recent results
  in that respect\, in particular some of the experiments and the correspon
 ding theories for phenomena such as Bose-Einstein condensation and Tomonag
 a-Luttinger liquids.\nI will discuss the recent successes in this domain a
 s well as several of the open problems and perspectives offered by such co
 mpounds such as the possibility to study dimensional crossover\, disorder 
 effects etc.\nKeywords: quantum magnets\, itinerant quantum particles\, qu
 antum simulators\, Bose-Einstein condensation\, Tomonaga-Luttinger liquids
 \nBio: Thierry Giamarchi graduated from Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris 
 and received his PhD from Paris XI University in 1987. He has been a perma
 nent member of the french CNRS since 1986\, and between 1990-1992 was a po
 stdoc/visitor at Bell Laboratories. In 2002 he moved as a full professor t
 o the Condensed Matter Department at the University of Geneva. Since 2013 
 he is a member of the French Academy of Sciences\, and a fellow of the Ame
 rican Physical Society. His research work deals with the effects of intera
 ctions in low dimensional quantum systems\, such as Luttinger liquids\, an
 d on the effects of disorder in classical and quantum systems with works s
 howing the existence of novel disordered phases such as the Bose glass and
  the Bragg glass. He received in 2000 the Abragam prize from the french Ac
 ademy of Sciences. He is the author of about 220 publications\, 10 chapter
 s of books\, and one monograph ``Quantum physics in one dimension'' with O
 xford. He is a referee for many journals and funding organizations\, has b
 een an editor and a "Distinguished Referee" of Europhysics letters and has
  been recognized as an ``Outstanding Referee'' by the APS. He has also ser
 ved on the board of several scientific institutions such as the CNRS theor
 y comity and the ``Les Houches school'' administrative board.
LOCATION:PH L1 503 (Aquarium) http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=PHL1503
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