Home >  研究会等 > Exotic Boundaries and Interfaces of Gapless Topological Matter

Exotic Boundaries and Interfaces of Gapless Topological Matter

日程 : 2026年2月27日(金) 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm 場所 : 物性研究所本館6階 第5セミナー室 (A615) 講師 : Saranesh Prembabu 所属 : Harvard University 世話人 : 押川正毅 (ex. 63275)
e-mail: oshikawa@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp
講演言語 : 英語

Exotic Boundaries and Interfaces of Gapless Topological MatterWe study boundary and interface phenomena in symmetry-enriched critical matter, including gapless symmetry-protected topological (gSPT) phases, asking how critical correlations yield a richer bulk–boundary correspondence. First, we analyze boundaries at a transition between distinct SPT phases: incompatible edge modes lead to highly frustrated boundary behavior, including a non-Landau “deconfined quantum critical” transition. Second, motivated by the search for lower-dimensional signatures of gSPTs, we initiate a study of spatial interfaces between inequivalent gapless theories. The resulting non-invertible conformal defects, which are tightly constrained and may host localized degenerate modes or anomalies, provide both a defining indicator of symmetry-enriched criticality and a new window into the novel phenomena that gapless topological phases exhibit.


(公開日: 2026年02月18日)