Black holes in the rocks?

by Dr Tobias Meng (Technische Universität Dresden)

Friday 1 Dec 2023, 15:00 → 16:30 Europe/Berlin

Online seminar on Zoom

https://uni-jena-de.zoom-x.de/j/61873142880?pwd=eXJMeVowNGIwL2RSbjI4UXhCYmpPZz09

Meeting-ID: 618 7314 2880
Kenncode: 772944

Abstract:

Weyl semimetals, three-dimensional solid state materials, have been linked to emergent spacetimes. I will review the main ideas behind those statements, and show how Weyl semimetals with spatially varying tilt profiles can be used to sense electrons similar to gravitational lensing of light.