Analysis Seminar

Eric Akkerman Technion
Quantum symmetry breaking : Scale anomaly and fractals

Monday, October 15, 2018 - 2:30pm
Malott 406

Abstract: Scale invariance is a common property of our everyday environment. Its breaking gives rise to less common but beautiful fractal structures. At the quantum level, breaking of continuous scale invariance is a remarkable example of quantum phase transition also known as scale anomaly. The general features of this transition and the resulting fractal spectra will be presented at an elementary quantum mechanics level.