CRC Colloquium
with Michael Loss
15.07.2025
Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Time: 4:30 PM
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Michael Loss (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Title: Optimal criteria for magnetic fields that bind electrons
Location: LMU, Theresienstr. 39, 80333 Munich, room A027
Abstract: This talk will provide a basic introduction to the three dimensional Dirac equation that describes an electron interacting with a magnetic field. Over the years a lot of work has gone into constructing zero energy solutions, also known as zero modes, for said equation.
In this talk I will explain the importance of zero modes e.g. I will show how they relate to the stability of the hydrogen atom. After presenting explicit examples, I will state necessary conditions for the magnetic field so that zero modes exist. Here, of particular interest is a sharp inequality that is optimized by a magnetic field whose field lines are interlinking circles. This inequality relates to sharp inequalities for spinors of which some more examples will be given.
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