• 26 September 2021
  • 1:00 EDT

Steven H. Simon - Knots, world-lines, and quantum computation

 Steven H. Simon

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Talk abstract

From the speaker:

“What do knots have to do with quantum mechanics? What do elementary particles have to do with quantum computers? In this talk, I will discuss an exciting approach to developing a quantum computer based on dragging elementary particles around each other to form knots. While this may sound rather bizarre, substantial steps towards this goal have already been achieved.”

Presenter

Steven H. Simon

Steven H. Simon has been a theoretical physics professor at Oxford University since 2009. From 2000 to 2008, he was the director of theoretical physics research at Bell Laboratories. He is known for his work on topological phases of matter, topological quantum computing, and the fractional quantum Hall effect. He is also the author of a popular introductory book on solid-state physics—"guaranteed to be the funniest book on solid-state physics you will ever read.”

Michigan State University (MSU) operates the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) as a user facility for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science(link is external) (DOE SC), with financial support from and furthering the mission of the DOE‑SC Office of Nuclear Physics. FRIB is registered to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, and ISO 45001.

Michigan State University U.S. Department of Energy