"New Directions in Theoretical Studies of High Tc Superconductors"Adriana Moreo , University of Tennessee [Host: Despina Louca]
ABSTRACT:
The discovery of high critical temperature superconductivity in iron-based pnictides and chalcogenides brought to the forefront the need to develop efficient theoretical procedures to treat multiorbital models of interacting electrons. Among the many challenges, we need to clarify the role that the orbital degree of freedom plays in pairing and how its interaction with magnetic and lattice degrees of freedom leads to the stabilization of exotic phases such as the nematic state. Theoretical studies in the strong and weak coupling limits cannot address the physically relevant intermediate regime, with a mixture of itinerant and localized degrees of freedom. Traditional numerical methods, such as Lanczos or quantum Monte Carlo, have either a too rapidly growing Hilbert space with increasing size or sign problems. For this reason, it is necessary to develop new models and techniques, and also better focus on systems where both experiments and accurate theory can be used in combination to reach a real understandingof iron pairing tendencies. Examples of recent advances along these directions that will be discussed in this talk include: |
Condensed Matter Seminar Thursday, March 29, 2018 11:00 AM Physics Building, Room 313 Note special time. Note special room. |
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