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Proseminar on Topological Insulators / Superconductors – FS 2014

General Information

This proseminar is supervised by Gianni Blatter and spans over a
broad range of topics in condensed matter theory related to the
physics of topological insulators and superconductors.

Topics

The topics covered in this proseminar as well as detailed descriptions
thereof are provided the document linked below.

Topological Insulators / Superconductors - General Overview [.pdf]

Talks' Schedule

Date Speaker Topic Remarks
17.02.2014 Evert van Nieuwenburg Numerical Methods I Bring along a laptop with a working Python distribution;
A free academic version can be found under:
www.enthought.com/products/canopy/academic/
24.02.2014 Evert van Nieuwenburg Numerical Methods II  
03.03.2014 Roland Meier
 Band Structures
  
10.03.2014 Patrick Haughian / Ludovic Scyboz
 Quantum Hall I
  
17.03.2014 Patrick Haughian / Ludovic Scyboz
 Quantum Hall II
  
24.03.2014 Marlon Azinovic / Tobias Wolf
 Graphene I
  
31.03.2014 Marlon Azinovic / Tobias Wolf Graphene II
  
07.04.2014 Erik Cheah / Johan Andberger
 Topological Insulators I
  
14.04.2014 Erik Cheah / Johan Andberger Topological Insulators II
  
05.05.2014 Florian Johne
 Topological field theory
  
12.05.2014 Poalo Molignini / Lennart Schmidt
 Topological Superconductors I
  
19.05.2014 Poalo Molignini / Lennart Schmidt Topological Superconductors II
  
26.05.2014 Stefan Huber Classification of topological insulators and superconductors  

Format

The student prepares a presentation of around, but not more than,
one hour duration, on a specific topic assigned in advance. A tutor
from the Institute of Theoretical Physics will provide literature and
give a feedback on the student's progress. Students keep the tutor
informed about their work in weekly meetings, starting (at least) 6
weeks before the date of the final presentation.

Requirements for passing the module