Abhishodh Prakash
Postdoc, Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics,
Stipendiary Lecturer, Jesus college,
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
abhishodh.prakash@physics.ox.ac.uk (he/him/his)
http://arxiv.org/a/_a_5
Department of Physics web page, Jesus College web page
about me
I am a Postdoc at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics in the University of Oxford working as a part of Sid Parameswaran's group. Before this, I was an ICTS-Simons prize postdoctoral fellow at the International Center for Theoretical Sciences in Bangalore, India. I got my PhD at the C.N.Yang Institute of Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University working with Tzu-Chieh Wei. I completed my undergraduate education with a dual degree in Physics and Electrical Engineering at the Goa campus of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS).
My research interests are broadly in various aspects of quantum many-body systems- their phases and phase transitions in and out of equilibrium, topological defects and textures, thermalization or lack thereof and their utility as resource states for quantum computation. I am especially interested in the role played by various kinds of global symmetries and anomalies.
(*I am looking for a faculty position in theoretical condensed matter physics to start in Fall 2024. If you have, or are aware of such a position, please contact me*)
News and olds
[June 2024] My paper with Nick Jones and Paul Fendley, "Pivoting through the chiral-clock family" is up on arXiv (2406.01680).
[May 2024] I gave a talk "Classical origins of Landau-incompatible transitions" at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai and IIT-Madras based on a recent paper with the same title.
[May 2024] I gave a colloquium at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, titled "Symmetry routes to novel phases of matter"
[May 2024] My paper with Nick Jones, "Classical origins of Landau-incompatible transitions" is up on arXiv (2404.19009). Feedback welcome!
[Feb 2024] I gave a talk at '30 minute Theoretical Physics Tuesdays' talk at Oxford titled 'Fractons: what are they and why do we care?'.
[Feb 2024] My paper with Shivaji Sondhi and Alain Goriely, "Classical Non-Relativistic Fractons" has been published at PRB.
[Jan 2024] I gave a talk at IIT Kanpur titled "Machian fractons, Hamiltonian attractors and folk theorem faux-pas"
[Jan 2024] I gave a colloquium titled "Symmetries: who are they when they come knocking on our doors" and seminar titled "Symmetry routes to novel many-body phenomena" at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute.
[Dec 2023] My paper with Suman Mondal, Adhip Agarwala and Tapan Mishra, "Symmetry Enriched Criticality in a Coupled Spin Ladder" has been published in Physical Review B as an Editors' selection!
[Dec 2023] My paper with Mahaveer Prasad, Jed Pixley and Manas Kulkarni, "Long-ranged spectral correlations in eigenstate phases" has been accepted for publication in Journal of Physics A.
Dec 2023] My paper with Ylias Sadki and Shivaji Sondhi "Machian fractons, Hamiltonian attractors and non-equilibrium steady states" is up on arXiv (2312.02271)
[Nov 2023] I gave a talk at Ghent University "Symmetries conspire with measurements to restructure quantum criticality" based on an upcoming paper with Michele Fava and Sid Parameswaran.
[Nov 2023] I gave two talks, at Oxford and TU Munich titles "Novel fracton phases and folk theorem faux pas" based on an upcoming work with Shivaji Sondhi and Ylias Sadki
[September 2023] My paper with Suman Mondal, Adhip Agarwala and Tapan Mishra, "Symmetry Enriched Criticality in a Coupled Spin Ladder" is up on arXiv (2309.04205)
[Aug 2023] My paper with Shivaji Sondhi and Alain Goriely, "Classical Non-Relativistic Fractons" is up on arXiv (2308.07372). Comments are welcome!
[May 2023] My paper with Sid Parameswaran and Michele Fava, "Multiversality and unnecessary criticality in one dimension" has been published in Physical Review Letters as an Editors' suggestion.
[May 2023] I will be giving a seminar at the University of Birmingham titled "non-relativistic classical fractons" based on upcoming work with Shivaji Sondhi and Alain Goriely.
[April 2023] I will be a TA for Prof. Fabian Essler's course, Quantum Matter 2 in Trinity 2023.
[January 2023] I will be a TA for Prof. Steve Simon's course, Quantum Matter 1 in Hilary 2023.
[January 2023] I gave a talk at TIFR, Hyderabad on Jan 04 titled "Novel Critical phenomena in 1+1 D".
[December 2022] I gave a talk at TIFR, Mumbai on Dec 15 titled "Novel Gapless phenomena in 1+1 D".
[December 2022] I gave a talk at IISc on Dec 08 titled "Novel Gapless phenomena in 1+1 D".
[October 2022] I will be a TA for Prof. Steve Simon's course, Topological Quantum in Michaelmas 2022.
[September 2022] My paper with Michele Fava and Sid Parameswaran, "Multiversality and unnecessary criticality in one dimension" is up on arXiv (2209.00037).
[July 2022] My paper with Mahaveer Prasad, Jed Pixley and Manas Kulkarni, "Long-ranged spectral correlations in eigenstate phases" is up on arXiv (2022.08454).
[June 2022] I gave a talk at CMPC 2022 in London titled "Multiversality and Unnecessary Criticality in One Dimension" based on an upcoming paper. A recording of the talk can be found here.
[April 2022] I will be a TA for Prof. Sid Parameswaran's course, Quantum Matter 2 in Trinity 2022.
[January 2022] I will be a TA for Prof. Steve Simon's course, Quantum Matter 1 in Hilary 2022.
[Jan 2022] I gave a talk at the Oxford condensed matter theory forum titled "What we can learn fom unwinding SPT phases" based on a collection of past and ongoing work.
[October 2021] I will be a TA for Prof. John Wheater's course, Quantum Field Theory in Michaelmas 2021.
[May 2021] My paper with Juven Wang, "Boundary Supersymmetry of 1+1 d fermionic SPT phases" has been published in Phys. Rev. Letters!
[February 2021] My paper with Jed Pixley and Manas Kulkarni, "Universal spectral form factor for many-body localization" has been published in Physical Review Research (Letters) and as an Editors' suggestion (Phys. Rev. Research 3, L012019). A popular summary has appeared on the ICTS-TIFR website.
[February 2021] My paper with Juven Wang, "Unwinding fermionic symmetry-protected topological phases: Supersymmetry extension" has been publishd in Physical Review B (Phys. Rev. B. 103, 085130) .
[February 2021] I will be moving to Oxford in Fall 2021 to join Sid Parameswaran's group at the Rudolf Pierels Centre for Theoretical Physics!