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(37) Séminaire - Année 2024
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Lun. 08/01/2024 14:00 Salle Bat 20 Séminaire
VEYRAT Arthur (Laboratoire de physique des solides, Equipe MESO, Orsay, France)
Unusual 2D superconductivity and topological signatures in the Weyl and nodal line semimetal trigonal-PtBi2
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Recently, topological phases of matter have attracted considerable attention due to their unique and robust properties. In particular, the possibility of finding or inducing superconductivity in a topological phase (known as topological superconductivity) has been an active area of research in recent years, for instance in quantum engineering where such a phase would be useful for quantum computing.
In this seminar, I will present a charge transport study of nanostructures of trigonal-PtBi2, a noncentrosymmetric
crystal with very strong spin-orbit coupling. In recent works (1, 2), we evidenced the superconducting properties of this material and we predict it to be a Weyl- and nodal-linesemimetal. I will focus on two main results: the discovery of 2-dimensional superconductivity at sub-kelvin temperatures, and the discovery of an anomalous planar Hall effect (APHE) in the normal phase, robust up to room temperature.
More details are given in the pdf file.
1. A. Veyrat et al., Nano Letters, ISSN: 1530-6984 (Jan. 2023).
2. A. Veyrat et al., submitted to arXiv (2023). Pour plus d'informations, merci de contacter Jouault B.
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Jeu. 11/01/2024 14:00 Salle des Séminaires, Bâtiment 21, Etage 4 Séminaire
SCHACHNER Andreas (Université de Munich)
de Sitter vacua at leading order (Théorie des Interactions Fondamentales)
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In this talk, I discuss recent progress in constructing explicit examples of de Sitter vacua at leading order in the \alpha' and g_s expansions as envisioned by Kachru, Kallosh, Linde and Trivedi 20 years ago. Initially, I will specify explicit Calabi-Yau orientifolds, and choices of quantised fluxes leading to exponentially small flux superpotential. I derive the four-dimensional effective supergravity theories, incorporating the leading non-perturbative superpotential terms from Euclidean D3-branes, and the leading corrections to the Kähler potential that are inherited from N=2 supersymmetry. Subsequently, I will demonstrate how warped Randall-Sundrum throats and SUSY breaking uplifts from anti-D3 branes can be incorporated in this construction. Lastly, I will briefly comment on the robustness of the construction against genuinely N=1 corrections in the \alpha’ and g_s expansions which are however not fully known. Pour plus d'informations, merci de contacter Lüst S.
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Jeu. 18/01/2024 11:00 Webinaire Séminaire
SINGH Amit (MPI-PKS Dresden)
Electro-hydraulics of electrically polarized spherical organoids (Physique Théorique)
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Cells and tissues in many contexts are electrically polarized.
In this work, we develop a three-dimensional electrohydraulic model that
simultaneously solves for the electric potential, ion concentration, and
hydrodynamic flows and stresses inside and outside a spherical
water-filled cavity enclosed by an epithelium. We analyze two sources of
electric asymmetry in the system: (i) heterogeneous ion transporter
along the surface of the sphere and (ii) organoid in an external
electric field. We show that inhomogeneous ion transport leads to an
organ-scale electric current and water flux. Consistent with recent
experimental observation we find that a constant electric field leads to
isotropic swelling of the organ.
Rejoindre Zoom Réunion https://umontpellier-fr.zoom.us/j/93456294768?pwd=VWFzOGk4RUhHaG1DVE9YQ3Z1dmNkdz09
ID de réunion: 934 5629 4768
Code secret: 052645 Pour plus d'informations, merci de contacter Palmeri J.
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Ven. 19/01/2024 11:00 Petite salle de réunion, Bâtiment 21, Etage 2 Séminaire
ARNOULX DE PIREY Thibault (Technion, Faculty of Physics, Haifa, Israel)
The dynamics of high-diversity ecosystems: insights from a disordered systems’ approach (Physique Théorique)
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Many natural ecosystems are composed of a large number of coexisting and interacting species. Thus, detailed modelling and characterization of the dynamics is unfeasible. Nonetheless, recent works have shown that insights on their phenomenology can be gained from studying canonical ecological models with many species and random interactions between them. In this talk, I will show that unexplained commonly observed qualitative features of species-rich ecosystems, such as species turnover and broad distributions of abundances, are robust emerging properties of a chaotic phase of these high-dimensional systems. Importantly, this requires migration from an outside "pool of species". In fact, for isolated well-mixed systems, fluctuations in population sizes are so large that they drive species to extinction. This opens the door for a discussion on the interplay between spatial heterogeneity and complex dynamics in diverse ecosystems. Pour plus d'informations, merci de contacter Pitard E.
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Mar. 23/01/2024 11:00 Webinaire Séminaire
ILKER Efe (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden)
Energetics of cellular processes and metabolic constraints in living organisms (Physique Théorique)
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Nonequilibrium processes within living systems exact a metabolic price: the constant maintenance of fuel molecules and raw materials at sufficient concentrations to provide thermodynamic driving potentials for biological function. Whether/how the metabolic costs constrain biological processes and natural evolution remains elusive as the fitness of organisms is subject to many trade offs from bioenergetic costs to speed and accuracy of cellular processes. In this talk, I will present recent efforts in establishing a quantitative framework to study the role of metabolism in evolution of cellular processes and development of organisms.
In the first part, I will discuss the relation between the bioenergetics and evolution of cellular processes, and demonstrate the role of metabolic costs in shaping interaction affinities in gene regulatory (microRNA-mRNA) networks. In the second part, I will talk about how metabolism is linked to the body plan development of multicellular organisms in the light of our recent work on gut morphogenesis in planarians. Finally, I will present ideas to bridge theory of chemical reactions and soft-matter to elucidate spatial organization of metabolism in living systems allowing to drive biological processes across the entire organism.
Rejoindre Zoom Réunion https://umontpellier-fr.zoom.us/j/98727884455?pwd=eHo1ck5xL2wzMnlEZG9qRFJmT2NiUT09
ID de réunion: 987 2788 4455
Code secret: 283617 Pour plus d'informations, merci de contacter Palmeri J.
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Lun. 29/01/2024 09:15 Batiment 20 - Amphitéatre Séminaire
SOLDERA Armand (LPCM)
Approche in silico au sein des matériaux organiques (Nanostructures & Spectroscopie)
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Approche in silico au sein des matériaux organiques
Armand Soldera
Était-il concevable, il y a à peine quelques années, de voir émerger, au côté de la théorie et de l’expérience, une troisième voie pour faire de la science? La simulation moléculaire est en effet devenue une technique à part entière dans le domaine de la recherche. En ce sens, elle n’est plus l’apanage de théoriciens qui l’utilisaient pour vérifier la conformité de leurs modèles théoriques. Une croissance de la puissance des ordinateurs, une amélioration des algorithmes, et un environnement d’utilisation accueillant, amènent de plus en plus de personnes à l’utiliser. En somme un nouveau type de scientifique, que l’on peut qualifier de numériste expérimental, est en train de prendre forme. Son but est de connaître les fondements même des codes tout en étant susceptible de manipuler des équations ou de comprendre la nature des phénomènes physiques, afin d’apporter des résultats probants issus des simulations. C’est dans ce cadre que se situe cet exposé. Il sera alors présenté les potentialités qu’offre cette recherche in silico dans le domaine des matériaux organiques, permettant d’apporter une vision moléculaire de phénomènes physiques. C’est ainsi que des industriels sont de plus intéressés par cette approche les amenant à développer de nouvelles voies de développement dans leur recherche plus appliquée. L’exposé se terminera par l’utilisation de cette technique pour donner une vision plus atomistique à la transition vitreuse au sein des polymères. Pour plus d'informations, merci de contacter Metz R.
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Lun. 29/01/2024 10:00 Batiment 20 - Amphitéatre Séminaire
ROLS Stéphane (ILL)
Modèle moléculaire de confinement quantique : les endofullérènes A@C60 (Nanostructures & Spectroscopie)
Pour plus d'informations, merci de contacter Metz R.
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Lun. 29/01/2024 11:00 Salle des Séminaires, Bâtiment 21, Etage 4 Séminaire
GUISELIN Benjamin (ENS Lyon)
Emergence of spontaneous collective oscillations in dense Human crowds (Physique Théorique)
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Massive crowd gatherings form some of the most dangerous and unpredictable environments [1]. However, we lack quantitative characterizations of their dynamics and the heuristic principles used to explain and predict their motion remain elusive. In this talk, I will present our analysis of the dynamics of thousands of packed individuals in a model system, namely, the opening ceremony of the festival of San Fermín in Pamplona, Spain [2]. This analysis reveals that at extreme densities crowds experience self-sustained oscillatory flows, which echo the correlated orbital motion of hundreds of individuals in the absence of any external guidance. I will then detail how the combination of mechanics and symmetry principles has allowed us to establish a robust predictive model of dense crowds inferred from our measurements to elucidate this emergent chiral dynamics. In particular, we establish that the self-organization of crowds into macroscopic oscillators originates from transverse frictional forces between the crowd and the ground.
[1] D. Helbing, A. Johansson, and H. Z. Al-Abideen. ``Dynamics of crowd disasters: An empirical study''. Physical Review E, 75(4), 046LF9 (2007).
[2] F. Gu*, B. Guiselin*, N. Bain, I. Zuriguel, and D. Bartolo. Submitted (2024). Pour plus d'informations, merci de contacter Berthier L.
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Ven. 02/02/2024 10:30 Petite salle de réunion, Bâtiment 21, Etage 2 Séminaire
MARTIN David (Department of Physics, University of Chicago)
Emergent phenomena in active matter and beyond (Physique Théorique)
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Active Matter deals with the study of microscopic agents able to exert self-propulsion forces on their medium. These microscopic agents can model various entities present in a large range of scales in Nature; from bacterias and flying birds to man-made self-phoretic colloids. The presence of self-propulsion drives the active agents out of equilibrium and allows for the emergence of landmark phenomena, both at the level of a single agent and at the collective level in ensembles of agents. In this presentation, I will first characterize such nonequilibrium phenomena for a single active particle. I will then move to the characterization of different collective behaviors as a function of the microscopic interactions between the active agents. In particular, I will assess how topological, repulsive and nonreciprocal interactions interplay with the emergence of collective motion. Pour plus d'informations, merci de contacter Palmeri J.
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