题目：The Ising model – one model to rule them all?
报告人：Murray Batchelor Centre for Modern Physics, Chongqing University and Australian National University
地点： 教十二-201
时间：4月15日，周五，15:00-16:00
 
Abstract:
Insights obtained from the Ising model, defined by simple “up” or “down” spins interacting on a lattice, played a central role in the development of the theory of phase transitions and critical phenomena. The Ising model has found applications in many areas of physics and beyond, reaching as far afield as sociology and ecology. Recent developments featuring the Ising model include (i) the experimental investigation of thermal ordering in an artificial analogue of the asymmetric two-dimensional Ising model composed of a rectangular array of nano-fabricated magnetostatically interacting islands, and (ii) a proof that the two-dimensional Ising model with fields is universal and can thus be used as a universal simulator of more complicated systems. In this talk I will discuss these developments and provide some background on the solution of the Ising model. I will also discuss a generalization of the Ising model to an arbitrary number of states which has a remarkable solution involving parafermions.

个人简介：
Born 27-Aug-1961, Taree, Australia
BSc, 1st Class Honours and University Medal in Theoretical Physics, UNSW (1983) 
PhD, Mathematics, Australian National University (1987)

Current and Previous Appointments:
1000 Talents Professor, Centre for Modern Physics, Chongqing University, China (Mar 13 –)
Professor, Mathematics and Physics, Australian National University (from Jan 01)
Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford, Michaelmas Term 2013
Head, Department of Theoretical Physics, Australian National University (Jun 05 - Mar 13)
QEII Research Fellow, ARC Senior Research Fellow, ARC Professorial Fellow, ANU (1989 – 2007)
Postdoc, Department of Mathematics, University of Melbourne (Sep 88 - Dec 89)
Postdoc, Instituut-Lorentz voor Theoretische Natuurkunde, Leiden, The Netherlands (1987 - 1988)

Fellow of Learned Societies:
Australian Institute of Physics (1993), Australian Mathematical Society (2001), Institute of Physics (UK) (2005)

Awards:
Pawsey Medal of the Australian Academy of Science (1997) in recognition of outstanding research in physics by scientists under the age of 40 years.
Medal of the Australian Mathematical Society (1998) for distinguished research in the mathematical sciences by mathematicians under the age of 40 years.

Publication Impact:
Currently there are over 3533 citations to 168 publications in the ISI Web of Science database
with h-index = 32. The most highly cited paper has 351 citations.
According to Google Scholar, there are 4638 citations with h-index = 37.

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