PIRSA:13040132

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https://pirsa.org/13040132

Higgs Boson in Condensed Matter: From Polaron to Topological Insulator

(2013). Higgs Boson in Condensed Matter: From Polaron to Topological Insulator. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/13040132

Higgs Boson in Condensed Matter: From Polaron to Topological Insulator. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Apr. 25, 2013, https://pirsa.org/13040132 

          @misc{ scivideos_PIRSA:13040132,
            doi = {10.48660/13040132},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/13040132},
            author = {},
            keywords = {Particle Physics, Quantum Matter},
            language = {en},
            title = {Higgs Boson in Condensed Matter: From Polaron to Topological Insulator},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2013},
            month = {apr},
            note = {PIRSA:13040132 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/index.php/pirsa/13040132}}
          }
Talk numberPIRSA:13040132
DOI10.48660/13040132
Source RepositoryPIRSA
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Talk Type Conference
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Abstract

 In this talk I will briefly review the polaron physics, which has helped theorists to conceive the BCS theory of conventional superconductors as well as experimentalists to discover high temperature superconductors in the cuprates. Specifically I will talk about how charge carriers obtain their
masses from coupling to the phonon field in one, two, three or higher dimensions. More recently, there is increasing interest in topological insulators where a gap can be opened which may suggest new version of Higgs mechanism in condensed matter.