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Condensed concepts

Ruminations on emergent phenomena in condensed phases of matter.

  • By Ross H. McKenzie
  • Based in Australia
  • Roughly five posts per month
  • First post on

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May 2024 2
Jun 2024 5
Jul 2024 3
Aug 2024 3
Sep 2024 6
Oct 2024 5
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Most recent posts

A very effective Hamiltonian in nuclear physics
Atomic nuclei are complex quantum many-body systems. Effective theories have helped provide a better understanding of them. The best-known are the shell model, the (Aage) Bohr-Mottelson theory of non-spherical nuclei, and the liquid drop model. …
On , by Ross H. McKenzie, 633 words
Colloquium on 2024 Nobel Prizes
This friday I am giving a colloquium for the UQ Physics department.2024 Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry: from biological physics to artificial intelligence and backThe 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John …
On , by Ross H. McKenzie, 276 words
John Hopfield on what physics is
A decade ago John Hopfield reflected on his scientific life in Annual Reviews in Condensed Matter Physics, Whatever Happened to Solid State Physics?"What is physics? To me—growing up with a father and mother who were …
On , by Ross H. McKenzie, 384 words