Page 7: Research news on Strongly correlated systems

Strongly correlated systems are physical systems in which electron–electron (or more generally particle–particle) interactions are comparable to or larger than their kinetic energy, invalidating independent-particle or mean-field descriptions. In such systems, many-body effects dominate, leading to emergent phenomena such as Mott insulating behavior, unconventional superconductivity, non-Fermi-liquid states, heavy-fermion behavior, and complex magnetic orders. Their theoretical treatment typically requires beyond-perturbative methods, including dynamical mean-field theory, quantum Monte Carlo, tensor-network approaches, and exact diagonalization. Strong correlations are central in materials such as transition-metal oxides, cuprates, organics, and ultra-cold atomic gases engineered to simulate lattice models like the Hubbard or t–J models.

A glimpse inside a graphene sandwich

Since the first successful fabrication of a two-dimensional structure of carbon atoms about 20 years ago, graphene has fascinated scientists. A few years ago, researchers discovered that two layers of graphene, slightly twisted ...

Electrical control over designer quantum materials

Exploring the properties and behaviors of strongly interacting quantum particles is one of the frontiers of modern physics. Not only are there major open problems that await solutions, some of them since decades (think high-temperature ...

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