Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics Journal Club
| Date: | February 4, 2008 |
| Title: | Theory of Deconfined Critical Points |
| Speaker: | Arnab Sen |
| Abstract: | In this talk, I will describe the work by Senthil et. al. [Phys.Rev.B, Science] where they argue for the existence for novel quantum critical points seperating two conventional phases. The critical theory cannot be described in terms of the order parameter fields of the phases but involve fractionalized degrees of freedom. |