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Equilibrium thermodynamics demands that if a quantum many body system is left to evolve from a generic initial condition, it should reach a state at long times where... Read More

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3rd April, 2021 | 4.00 PM(IST)

Neutron stars are among the densest forms of matter in the Universe. Multi-wavelength astrophysical data from these objects provide us a wealth of ... Read More

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14th March, 2021 | 4.00 PM (IST)

Symmetry plays an important role in physics. It tells us about quantities that remain conserved in a physical evolution. In the talk I shall begin with the implication of symmetry in a classical and quantum theory... Read More

27th February, 2021 | 4.00 PM(IST)

Tremendous research activity worldwide has focused on attempting to harness the exotic properties of quantum physics for new applications in metrology, computation, and communications - a push to develop “engineered quantum systems”... Read More

20th February, 2021 | 4.00 PM(IST)

We discuss how understanding the nature of chaotic dynamics allows us to control and manipulate these complex systems. A controlled chaotic system can then serve as a versatile pattern generator that can be used for a range of applications... Read More

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13th February, 2021 | 4.00 PM(IST)

Astrophysical observations in the last three decades have told us that we live in a preposterous universe with 70% dark energy, 25% cold dark matter and 5% ordinary baryons... Read More

In this colloquium, I will describe some of the exciting work that is being carried out in my lab at RRI, Bangalore focusing on research in quantum information processing towards... Read More

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4th November, 2020 | 4.30 PM(IST)

The linearity and the unitarity are two fundamental tenets of quantum mechanics... Read More

The interstellar medium, from which the new stars are born and to which the old stars inject matter and energy thereby enriching it ... Read More

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14th October, 2020 | 4.30 PM(IST)

Over the last few years, research in gravitational physics has shown how such commonplace notions like shadows, echoes and... Read More

If gravity is quantized, then gravitons exist. I will show that the bombardment of gravitons affects the motion of falling objects ... Read More

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10th August 10:30 AM

I will review the notion of "anyon condensation" in 2+1 dimensional topological order... Read More

Over the last couple of decades it has become clear that in many situations gravity can be thought of as an emergent, "dual" description of non-gravitational gauge theories ... Read More

The fledgling field of quantum information and computation boasts several quantum-enabled devices that outperform their classical counterparts ... Read More

Einstein's theory of gravity opened Pandora's box of warped spacetime in 1915, and out popped the black hole, confusing and delighting (or maddening) physicists ever since. In the early 1970's it was discovered ... Read More

Can physics be simulated by a universal computer? Classical physics, maybe; but what about quantum physics? Feynman's suggestion to build... Read More

In this colloquium, I would like to review a recently developed new interpretation of gravitational spacetime in terms of quantum entanglement ... Read More

I will present a fairly broad survey of conformal symmetry in two dimensions and outline its application to various physical problems ranging from statistical systems to quantum Hall physics to topological quantum computing to 3d gravity... Read More