Emergence in condensed matter and quantum gravity : a nontechnical review / / George Musser

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910741149303321
• Autore: Musser George
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 9783031098956; 9783031098949
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (104 pages)
• Collana: SpringerBriefs in physics
• Disciplina: 530.41
• Soggetti: Condensed matter; Quantum gravity; Topological insulators
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 What is Emergence? -- 1.2 Is Emergence Fundamental? -- 1.3 Weak Versus Strong Emergence -- References -- 2 Emergence in Condensed Matter Physics -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Just a Phase They're Going Through-Landau's Theory of Phase Transitions -- 2.1.2 Tipping the Scales -- 2.1.3 Non-equilibrium Phases of Matter -- 2.2 Soft Matter -- 2.3 Quantum Phases of Matter -- 2.3.1 Quantum Physics -- 2.3.2 Frozen yet Mobile-Superconductors, Bose-Einstein Condensates, and Strange Metals -- 2.3.3 Critical Symmetry -- 2.3.4 "Twistronics"-Graphene's Magic Angle -- 2.4 Topological Phases of Matter -- 2.4.1 The Hall Effects -- 2.4.2 Topological Insulators and Topological Nanomaterials -- 2.4.3 Hunting for New Topological Materials-Can A.I. Help? -- 2.4.4 Entangled in More Ways Than One-Topological Quantum Computing -- 2.4.5 Topological Inspiration for Other Areas of Science -- 2.5 Condensed Matter and the Unification of Physics-The String-Net-Liquid Model -- References -- 3 Emergence of Space -- 3.1 Introduction-Is Spacetime Doomed? -- 3.1.1 Einstein's Space -- 3.1.2 Hints that Space Is Emergent -- 3.1.2.1 The Black-Hole Information Paradox -- 3.1.2.2 ; Quantum Entanglement -- 3.2 Space from Entanglement -- 3.2.1 The Universe as a Hologram-The AdS/CFT Duality -- 3.2.2 Why Entanglement? -- 3.2.3 How Entanglement Reproduces Space -- 3.2.4 Space as Error Correction -- 3.2.4.1 The Causal Wedge Paradox -- 3.2.4.2 Modeling Emergence with Qubits -- 3.3 Black Holes -- 3.3.1 Down the Wormhole-Resolving the Black-Hole Information Paradox -- 3.3.2 Island Rule -- 3.3.3 Complexity and Black Holes -- 3.3.4 Testing Emergence in the Lab: Black Hole Scrambling -- 3.4 Extending Duality -- 3.4.1 Going Beyond AdS/CFT -- 3.4.2 Loop Quantum Gravity -- 3.4.3 Causal Sets.; 3.4.4 Causal Dynamical Triangulations -- References -- 4 Lateral Thinking-The Holographic Principle in Condensed Matter -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Dualing Theories -- 4.2.1 Nuclear Plasmas and Holography -- 4.2.2 Quantum Phases and Holography -- 4.3 The SYK Model-Creating Spacetime from Particles -- References.