Bruce GA Normand - PSI
Bruce Normand works in a wide range of fields within quantum magnetism. He applies analytical methods, provides phenomenological interpretations and interacts very closely with colleagues performing experiments, preparing sample materials and developing and deploying advanced numerical methods. His research spans low-dimensional quantum magnets (spin ladders, spin chains, planar systems), frustrated quantum magnetism (quantum spin liquids, many-particle bound states, proximate Kitaev systems), quantum phase transitions (quantum criticality and dynamics, first-order transitions and thermodynamics) and quantum magnetophononics, (nonequilibrium quantum many-body spin physics driven by the lattice phonons), with an abiding interest in high-temperature superconductivity (specifically cuprates and iron-based materials).
contact: Prof. Dr. Bruce George Alexander Normand
webpage: external page https://www.psi.ch/de/people/bruce-george-alexander-normand
Selected Publications
- A Quantum Magnetic Analogue to the Critical Point of Water, external page Nature 592, 370 (2021).
- One Proximate Kitaev Spin Liquid in the K-J-Γ Model on the Honeycomb Lattice, external page Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 197201 (2019).
- Gapless Spin-Liquid Ground State in the S = 1/2 Kagome Antiferromagnet, external page Rev. Lett. 118, 137202 (2017).
- Direct Observation of Magnon Fractionalization in the Quantum Spin Ladder, external page Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 107204 (2009).
- Quantum Magnets under Pressure: Controlling Elementary Excitations in TlCuCl3, external page Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 205701 (2008).