Speaker: Professor Yongmin Cho, Sogang University, Korea Abstract: The electroweak monopole in the standard model, the existence, characteristic features, cosmological production, and physical implications are discussed. The discovery of Higgs particle has been thought to be the 'final' test... Read More
Speaker:Dr. Alessandro Romito (Lancaster University) Title: Heat transfer from topologically protected dynamics of Majorana zero modes Abstract: Quantum systems can have degenerate ground states protected against local fluctuations with exponential accuracy in the system size due to topology (as... Read More
Professor Tony Dorlas will describe some early contributions by Schrödinger, explain about quantum theory before quantum mechanics, and colour vision.
Luuk Coopmans will delve into the scientific breakthroughs that drive the technology sector today, which could not have become reality without the efforts of some brilliant minds. In this historical lecture he will describe the original thoughts of... Read More
Booking is required with Fiacre Ó Cairbre at (01) 708 3763. The walk commemorates Sir William Rowan Hamilton’s famous creation of a strange new number system, called Quaternions, on the banks of the Royal Canal in Dublin on... Read More
This Dark Matter Day, Professor Peter Coles of Maynooth University will present a talk in DIAS Burlington road titled "The Cosmic Web". The lecture will focus on the large scale structure of the Universe and the ideas that... Read More
Speaker: Dr. Steve Campbell (UCD) Title: Orthogonality Catastrophe as a Consequence of the Quantum Speed Limit Abstract: A remarkable feature of quantum many-body systems is the orthogonality catastrophe which describes their extensively growing sensitivity to local perturbations and plays an important... Read More
*DIAS 2020 PUBLIC EVENT* In the lead up to International Women's Day on the 08th March, DIAS will profile some of its female researchers via the online forum of Humans of Dublin. Join us online to meet some... Read More
*POSTPONED-DIAS 2020 PUBLIC EVENT* As a precautionary measure due to the COVID-19 threat, and the level of concerns being expressed by those wishing to attend the lecture and film Oidhche Sheanchais on Wednesday 11th March 2020, we regret... Read More
*DIAS 2020 PUBLIC EVENT* CANCELLED - Due to circumstances beyond our control this scheduled lecture has been cancelled. Professor Jian-Wei Pan, of the University of Science and Technology China, will provide the statutory public lecture for the School... Read More
