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SUMMARY:&quot\;Exploring Flatland with Cold Atoms&quot\; - Prof Jean Dalib
 ard Laboratoire Kastler Brossel
DTSTART:20131030T160000Z
DTEND:20131030T170000Z
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CONTACT:Leona Hope-Coles
DESCRIPTION:In his world-famous novel "Flatland" published in 1884\, the E
 nglish writer Edwin Abbott imagined a social life in a two-dimensional wor
 ld. \nWith a very original use of geometrical notions\, E. Abbott produced
  a unique satire of his own society. Long after Abbott's visionary allegor
 y\, microscopic physics has provided a practical path for the exploration 
 of low-dimensional worlds.\nWith the realization of quantum wells for exam
 ple\, it has been possible to produce two-dimensional gases of electrons. 
 The properties of these fluids dramatically differ from the standard \nthr
 ee-dimensional case\, and some of them are still lacking a full understand
 ing.\n\nDuring the last decade\, a novel environment has been developed fo
 r the study of low-dimensional phenomena. It consists of cold atomic gases
  that are confined in tailor-made electromagnetic traps. With these \ngase
 s\, one hopes to simulate and understand more complex condensed-matter sys
 tems. The talk will discuss some aspects of this \nresearch\, both from an
  experimental and a theoretical perspective. Connections with other domain
 s of 2D many-body physics\, such as the Quantum Hall effect\, will also be
  addressed.\n
LOCATION:Pippard Lecture Theatre\, Cavendish Laboratory
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