Hazzard group

ultracold atoms and condensed matter theory

Rice University
Department of Physics
Rice Center for Quantum Materials
Houston, TX
RF spectral density as a function of hopping and chemical potential
RF spectral density as a function of hopping and chemical potential

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Invited and contributed presentations

Invited talks

  1. "Emergent phenomena in ultracold atoms: merging topology, interaction, and dynamics" workshop, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences (KITS), Beijing, China. TBD, June 2019.
  2. New frontiers in cold molecules, Harvard ITAMP workshop, Cambridge, Massachusetts, TBD, May 2019.
  3. University of Houston Physics Colloquium, Houston, Texas. Ultracold molecules as a new form of matter: from topology to quantum strings, Feb 2019.
  4. Advances on Quantum Simulation with Ultracold Atoms, International Institute of Physics (IIP), Natal, Brazil, Synthetic dimensions in ultracold molecules: strings and topology, November 2018.
  5. Zyvexlabs Workshop on Designed 2D Quantum Metamaterials, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Ultracold matter for quantum simulations: achievements, challenges, and opportunities, April 2018.
  6. American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, "Cold Molecules for Chemistry" symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, Synthetic dimensions in ultracold molecules: from strings to chemical synthesis, March 2018.
  7. APS March Meeting 2018, ``Synthetic Physics: Synthetic Dimensions, Gauge Fields, and Spin-Orbit Coupling" session, Los Angeles, California. Synthetic dimensions in ultracold molecules: strings, membranes, topology, March 2018.
  8. Physics of Quantum Electronics (PQE) workshop, Snowbird, Utah. Synthetic dimensions in ultracold molecules, January 2018.
  9. Brazilian Physical Society Meeting, XL ENFMC, Buzios, Brazil, Synthetic dimensions and chaotic collisions in ultracold molecules, August 2017.
  10. Aspen Center for Physics workshop: "Correlations and Entanglement In and Out of Equilibrium", Aspen, Colorado, Synthetic dimensions and chaotic collisions in ultracold molecules, June 2017.
  11. Smalley-Curl Institute Lunch Seminar, Rice University, Houston, Texas, Ultracold matter as an analog of quantum materials... and beyond, April 2017.
  12. Geometry-Analysis seminar, Rice University Department of Mathematics, Houston, Texas, Ultracold matter: a window into many-particle quantum physics, April 2017
  13. Zhejiang University Physics Seminar, Hangzhou, China. Ultracold nonreactive molecules: from chaotic collisions to exotic physics, October 2016.
  14. Fudan University Physics Seminar, Shanghai, China. Ultracold nonreactive molecules: from chaotic collisions to exotic physics, October 2016.
  15. Joint ICQM-RCQM Workshop on Quantum Matters, Beijing, China. Ultracold nonreactive molecules: from chaotic collisions to exotic physics, October 2016.
  16. Aspen Center for Physics workshop: "Light-matter Interaction and Quantum Control In Many-body Systems", Aspen, Colorado. Ultracold nonreactive molecules in an optical lattice: nonstandard Hubbard models from chaotic collisions, June 2016.
  17. Rice Center for Quantum Materials workshop: "Interacting Quantum Systems Driven Out of Equilibrium", Houston, Texas. Entanglement in "hot" (100 nK) nonequilibrium matter, May 2016.
  18. Trinity University Physics Seminar, San Antonio, Texas. Novel ultracold platforms for quantum science, November 2015.
  19. Aspen Center for Physics "Ultra-Cold Quantum Matter with Atoms and Molecules" Workshop, Aspen, Colorado. Nonreactive ultracold molecules in a lattice: harnessing complex collisions for many-body physics, July 2015.  
  20. DAMOP "Non-equilibrium dynamics in strongly interacting atomic systems" session, Columbus, Ohio. Spin-motion coupled dynamics in ultracold atoms and molecules, June 2015.
  21. Ohio State University Condensed Matter seminar, Columbus, Ohio. Quantum magnetism with ultracold molecules far-from-equilibrium, April 2015.
  22. Ohio University Condensed Matter and Surface Science colloquium, Athens, Ohio. What I create, I understand: engineering ultracold matter to decipher real materials, April 2015.
  23. Lousiana State University quantum science and technology seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. No democracy for entanglement: not all entanglements are created equal, March 2015.
  24. Louisiana State University physics colloquium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The miracle of molecules: exploring quantum magnetism in ultracold matter, March 2015.
  25. National Institute for Theoretical Physics in Stellenbosch workshop on "Quantum Many-Body Systems Far From Equilibrium," Stellenbosch, South Africa. Correlations and entanglement in open quantum systems, March 2015.
  26. Joint ICQM Peking - RCQM meeting, Houston, Texas. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics at Rice University, March 2015.
  27. U.S.-France Workshop on Nano, Extreme Measurements, and Theory (NEXT), an RCQM International Initiative, Houston, Texas. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics at Rice University, February 2015.
  28. Rice Center for Quantum Materials inaugural symposium, Houston, Texas. Ultracold molecules: quantum magnetism far-from-equilibrium, December 2014.
  29. Heidelberg Center for Quantum Dynamics colloquium, Heidelberg, Germany. The miracle of molecules: exploring quantum magnetism in ultracold matter, November 2014.
  30. Stuttgart University physics seminar, Stuttgart, Germany. The miracle of molecules: far-from-equilibrium quantum magnetism in ultracold matter, November 2014.
  31. Technical University Munich condensed matter and many-body physics seminar, Munich, Germany. The miracle of molecules: quantum magnetism in ultracold matter, November 2014.
  32. Sam Houston State University physics colloquium, Huntsville, Texas. The miracle of molecules: exploring quantum magnetism in ultracold matter, October 2014.
  33. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign AMO/quantum information, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Quantum magnetism in ultracold molecules, October 2014.
  34. University of Texas at Austin complex quantum systems seminar, Austin, Texas. The miracle of molecules: exploring quantum magnetism in ultracold matter, October 2014.
  35. ECT* workshop on "Hydrodynamics for Strongly Coupled Fluids," Trento, Italy. Quench of a Bose gas to unitarity: dynamics and novel universal singularities, May 2014.
  36. University of Goettingen condensed matter theory seminar, Goettingen, Germany. Observing quantum magnetism with ultracold polar molecules, May 2014.
  37. DARPA optical lattice emulator program workshop, Arlington, Virginia. Many-body quantum magnetism of dipolar molecules in an optical lattice, February 2014.
  38. University of Colorado Condensed Matter Theory seminar, Boulder, Colorado. Quantum magnetism with ultracold molecules, February 2014.
  39. Rice University physics colloquium, Houston, Texas.  Quantum simulation with strongly-correlated ultracold polar molecules, January 2014.
  40. University of Chicago James Franck Institute seminar, Chicago, Illinois.  Quantum magnetism in ultracold molecules: comparing theory and experiment, November 2013.
  41. University of Maryland Condensed Matter Theory Center (CMTC) seminar, College Park, Maryland.  Quantum magnetism in ongoing ultracold molecule and ion experiments, March 2013.
  42. Georgetown University physics seminar, Washington, D.C. Quantum magnetism in ongoing ultracold molecule and ion experiments, March 2013.
  43. FINESS-2013 (Finite-temperature Non-Equilibrium Superfluid Systems), Queenstown, New Zealand. Far-from equilibrium dynamics of frustrated spin models: polar molecules, ions, and beyond, February 2013.
  44. University of Queensland Quantum Science Seminar, Brisbane, Australia.  Novel systems in and out of equilibrium bring ultracold quantum magnetism closer to reality, February 2013.
  45. Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), UCSB, Santa Barbara, California. Non-equilibrium many-body physics in current molecule experiments, February 2013.
    Video and slides online
  46. DARPA optical lattice emulator program workshop, Miami, Florida. Non-equilibrium Ising quenches with decoherence: an exact solution, November 2012.
  47. Harvard ITAMP AMO seminar, Boston, Massachusetts.  Towards exotic physics using novel ultracold matter: polar molecules and alkaline earth atoms, March 2012.
  48. DARPA optical lattice emulator program workshop, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Quantum criticality and antiferromagnetism in ultracold lattice fermions, December 2011.
  49. Rice University AMO seminar, Houston, Texas.  Towards topological phases via new ultracold matter: molecules and alkaline earths, September 2011.
  50. University of California, Davis condensed matter seminar, Davis, California.  Spin liquids and non-quasiparticle matter in ultracold atoms, February 2011.
  51. Berkeley AMO seminar, Berkeley, California. Spin liquids and non-quasiparticle matter in ultracold atoms, February 2011.
  52. Ludwig-Maximilians University/Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics seminar, Munich, Germany. Exploring the Mott/metal crossover in ultracold alkali and alkaline earth atoms in optical lattices, December 2010.
  53. Freiburg University FRIAS seminar, Freiburg, Germany. Exploring the Mott/metal crossover in ultracold alkali and alkaline earth atoms in optical lattices, November 2010.
  54. Stuttgart University physics seminar, Stuttgart, Germany. Exploring the Mott/metal crossover in ultracold alkali and alkaline earth atoms in optical lattices, November 2010.
  55. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne seminar, Cologne, Germany. Exploring the Mott/metal crossover in ultracold alkali and alkaline earth atoms in optical lattices, November 2010.
  56. IQOQI Cold Atoms Seminar, Innsbruck, Austria. Exploring the Mott/metal crossover in ultracold alkali and alkaline earth atoms in optical lattices, November 2010.
  57. DAMOP "Novel Probes of Ultra-Cold Atom Gases" session, Houston, Texas. RF spectra of lattice bosons: a probe of correlations, fluctuations, and quantum criticality, May 2010.
  58. Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, colloquium, Lyon, France.  Measuring universal quantum critical behavior in ultracold gases, April 2010.
  59. Niels Bohr Institute Cold Atoms group meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark. Measuring universal quantum critical behavior in ultracold gases, April 2010.
  60. Harvard ITAMP AMO seminar, Boston, Massachusetts.  Measuring universal quantum critical behavior in ultracold gases, March 2010.
  61. JILA/University of Colorado AMO/condensed matter seminar, Boulder, Colorado. Measuring universal quantum critical behavior in ultracold gases, March 2010.
  62. Princeton, Marlan Scully group seminar, New Jersey. Detecting many-body physics of quantum phase transitions in cold atoms, February 2010
  63. DARPA optical lattice emulator program; Phase II kickoff, Miami, Florida. Probing quantum criticality in cold atoms, December 2009.
  64. John Wilkins group seminar, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Exploring many-body physics with cold atoms, July 2009.   
  65. Centre for Quantum Computer Technology seminar, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Electrical Simulation of Quantum Algorithms, November 2003.
  66. Materials Computation Center seminar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL. New small silicon interstitial clusters, July 2003.
  67. Semiconductor Research Corporation funding review, Seattle, Washington. Dopant structures and their electronic properties (Substituting for P.I.), May 2003.

Contributed talks and posters (main presenter)

  1. ICAP 2014 (International Conference on Atomic Physics), Washington, D.C. Ultracold molecules: far-from-equilibrium quantum magnetism, August 2014 (poster).
  2. APS DAMOP meeting, Madison, Wisconsin. Quenching a Bose-condensate to unitarity: transients, steady states, and novel singularities, June 2014 (poster).
  3. APS DAMOP meeting, Madison, Wisconsin. Synthetic gauge fields can stabilize exotic phases in alkaline earth atoms, June 2014 (talk).
  4. APS March meeting, Denver, Colorado. New tools for far-from-equilibrium quantum spin dynamics inspired by ultracold molecule experiments, March 2014 (talk).
  5. DARPA optical lattice emulator program workshop, Arlington, Virginia. Measuring and modeling strongly correlated quantum magnetism in ultracold molecules, February 2014 (poster).
  6. APS DAMOP meeting, Quebec City, Quebec. Far-from-equilibrium dynamics of spin models describing ultracold molecules and ions, June 2013 (talk).
  7. APS DAMOP meeting, Quebec City, Quebec. Improving prospects for experimental realization of exotic quantum magnetism in alkaline earth atoms, June 2013 (poster).
  8. DARPA optical lattice emulator program workshop, San Francisco, California. Far-from-equilibrium lattice spin models in cold molecules, May 2013 (poster)
  9. APS March Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland.  Thermodynamics for reaching SU(N) quantum magnetism in ultracold alkaline earth atoms, March 2013 (talk).
  10. APS March Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland. Topological phases in polar-molecule quantum magnets, March 2013 (substituting for A. V. Gorshkov, talk).
  11. APS DAMOP meeting, Orange County, California. Two-dimensional attractive Fermi gases' excitations and radio-frequency spectra across the BEC/BCS crossover, June 2012 (talk).
  12. APS DAMOP meeting, Orange County, California.  Generating strong artificial magnetic fields, spin-orbit coupling, and non-abelian gauge fields with few lasers, June 2012 (poster).
  13. DARPA optical lattice emulator program workshop, Chicago, Illinois.  Quantum magnetism and correlations in non-equilibrium polar molecules, May 2012 (poster).
  14. APS March meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. Dynamical generation and detection of entangled quantum magnetic states in ultracold polar molecules, February 2012 (talk).
  15. New Directions in Ultracold Atomic Systems conference, Aspen Center for Physics, Colorado.  Far from equilibrium strongly correlated quantum magnetism with cold polar molecules, January 2012 (poster).
  16. DARPA optical lattice emulator program workshop, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Far from equilibrium strongly correlated quantum magnetism in ultracold polar molecules, December 2011 (poster).
  17. DARPA optical lattice emulator program workshop, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Quantum Magnetism with Ultracold Polar Molecules: Tunable Generalized t-J Model, December 2011 (poster).
  18. APS DAMOP Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia. Finite temperature properties of alkaline earth atoms in a lattice, June 2011 (talk).
  19. APS DAMOP Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia. Signatures of quantum criticality in cold atoms and resolution of the Fermi-Hubbard model's high temperature Mott/metal crossover, June 2011 (poster).
  20. DARPA optical lattice emulator program workshop, Hollywood, Florida. Mott/metal crossover in SU(N) alkaline earth atoms, December 2010 (poster).
  21. DARPA optical lattice emulator program workshop, Hollywood, Florida. One-dimensional SU(N) spin physics with ultracold alkaline earth atoms, December 2010 (poster).
  22. Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Measuring universal quantum critical behavior in cold atomic systems, June 2010 (poster).
  23. APS DAMOP Meeting.  Houston, TX.  Quantum criticality in cold atoms, May 2010 (poster)
  24. APS March Meeting.  Portland, Oregon.  Observing quantum criticality in cold atoms, March 2010 (talk).
  25. Gotham-Metro Condensed Matter Meeting. NYC, New York. Competition of quantum and thermal fluctuations in lattice bosons' rf spectra near the Mott-superfluid phase transition, November 2009 (poster).
  26. Recent progress in Many Body Theory. Columbus, Ohio. RF spectra of lattice bosons directly reveal correlations near the Mott-superfluid phase transition, July 2009 (poster).
  27. APS DAMOP Meeting. Charlottesville, Virginia. Solving the mystery of the missing superfluid shells: radio-frequency spectroscopy of a homogeneous Bose gas in an optical lattice yields a bimodal line shape, May 2009 (talk)
  28. APS DAMOP Meeting. Charlottesville, Virginia. Accounting for on-site correlations with a generalized Bose-Hubbard model, May 2009 (poster)
  29. LT25 (low-temperature conference). Leiden, Netherlands. Hydrogen adsorbed on helium: mediated interactions alter spectral shifts, August 2008 (poster).
  30. APS March Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana. 100-fold reduction of 2D spin-polarized hydrogen gas's clock-shifts explained, March 2008 (talk).
  31. Ultracold NanoMatter. Toronto, Canada. Hyperfine spectra of trapped bosons in optical lattices, February 2008 (poster).
  32. APS March Meeting. Denver, Colorado. Theory of Clock-Shift Density-Profile Measurements and Applications, March 2007 (talk)
  33. Electronic Structure Workshop. Rutgers University, New Jersey. Electronic charge distribution in silicon tri-interstitial defects, May 2004 (poster).
  34. APS March Meeting. Montreal, Canada. Electrical Simulation of Quantum Algorithms, March 2004 (talk).
  35. Gordon Godfrey workshop. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Electrical Simulation of Quantum Algorithms, December 2003 (talk).
  36. Spring Ohio Section APS meeting. East Lansing, Michigan. Surprises in small silicon interstitial clusters, April 2003 (talk).
  37. APS March Meeting. Austin, Texas. Dielectric Response of $La_2Cu_{1-x}Li_xO_4$ (MAR03 BAPS: B30.005), March 2003 (talk).
  38. Midwest Solid-State Conference. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Dielectric Studies of $La_2Cu_{1-x}Li_xO_4$ at Atmospheric and High Pressures, October 2002 (poster).
  39. APS DCOMP meeting. San Diego, California. OHMMS: a framework for multi-scale materials simulations (DCOMP2002 BAPS: J1.003).  August 2002 (poster).
  40. APS March Meeting. Indianapolis, Indiana. Structure and Dynamics of Small Silicon Interstitial Defect Clusters. (MAR02 BAPS: U18.007), March 2002 (talk).
  41. Fall Ohio Section APS meeting. Columbus, Ohio. Structural and Dynamic Properties of Silicon Di-interstials Defects. (OS01 Fall BAPS: C3.004), October 2001 (talk).

Contact Kaden

Email: kaden.hazzard@gmail.com
Phone: (607) 220-8211
Address: MS-61, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77251