GP2 - Birmingham Workshop Program: Limit Shapes and their topology in Classical and Quantum systems

Session Information

Location: Physics West 117 | School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham
Day: 1. Tuesday 21st April
Time: 12:20-12:40
Chairperson: Cristiane Morais-Smith

Presentation Details

Presentation Type: Oral | 
Title: Limit Shapes and their topology in Classical and Quantum systems
Abstract: I will present examples of Limit Shapes - the most probable macroscopic shape
with sharp boundaries separating frozen and fluctuating regions - which arise
in a variety of classical and quantum systems. I will explain a special role
played by analytic functions defining Riemann surface whose topology can be
changed abruptly across phase transitions. Most of the examples are based on
free fermionic models, however recently we studied a notable exception from
this rule - the Polytropic Gas with a power-law equation of state. The hydrodynamic
approach to Emptiness Formation Probability in Polytropic Gas will be discussed.

Presenter

Dr Dimitri Gangardt
University of Birmingham | United Kingdom

Authors

1. Gangardt, Dimitri | University of Birmingham