KPZ story

by Satya Majumdar

at Physics Colloquium

Tue, 18 Apr 2017, 15:00
Nanotechnology institute building (#51) room 15

Abstract

The celebrated KPZ equation Kardar Parisi Zhang 1986 is an important milestone in statistical physics originally introduced to describe the late time dynamics in various growth models Over the last 30 years the KPZ story has evolved in various interesting directions making links on the way to different areas of physics and mathematics This includes in particular the link to the famous Tracy Widom distribution in random matrix theory The story of KPZ is a very successful one involving theoretical physics mathematics and experiments a fertile playground for interdisciplinary science In this talk I will review the evolution of the KPZ story pointing out the important landmarks as I go along At the very end I will discuss some recent developments establishing a nice link between the KPZ height fluctuations and the edge physics in cold atom systemsRefreshments are served at 14:45

Created on 15-03-2017 by Bar Lev, Yevgeny (ybarlev)
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