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Title: Quantum statistical mechanics of the SYK model, charged black holes, and strange metals

The Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model provides a solvable theory of entangled many-particle quantum states without quasiparticle excitations. I will describe how its solution has led to an understanding of the universal structure of the low energy density of states of charged black holes, and to realistic and universal models of strange metals.

 
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Award ID(s):
2245246
PAR ID:
10521337
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Publisher / Repository:
Coshare Science
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Coshare Science
Volume:
1
ISSN:
3006-8045
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 91
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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