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Quantum Phase Transitions: Hidden Patterns in Space and Time

Quantum Phase Transitions: Hidden Patterns in Space and Time

Phase transitions are a familiar part of life, representing predictable paths by which solids turn to liquids, mixtures turn to solutions, magnets become nonmagnetic. Temperature plays a central role in driving many phase transitions, however there are others that don’t depend on temperature at all—such as instabilities in social networks, bird flocking, and even the process of visual recognition in humans.

Aspen Center for Physics
Free
05:30 PM - 06:30 PM on Wed, 26 Feb 2025

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Aspen Center for Physics
Aspen Center for Physics
700 West Gillespie St
Aspen, Colorado 81611
970.925.2585
acp@aspenphys.org