The Knowmads Podcast E17| Kaden Hazzard on the exotic nature of paraparticles. #TheKnowmadsPodcast

The world we live in is believed to be divided into two fundamental families of particles--Fermions and Bosons. Today, we're sitting in Dr. Kaden Hazzard's beautiful office at Rice University in Houston, who along with his student, proposed a robust third class of particles called paraparticles. An astonishingly simple operation of swapping any two particles, is what it takes to reveal their nature. We know that Bosons obey BE statistics and Fermions obey Fermi-Dirac statistics. But what about paraparticles? What statistics do they obey? Where do they show up? And what could their existence mean for physics? If you're curious about the foundations of quantum mechanics or just need a reason to chase a wild idea — you're going to love this episode.

If you want to read his seminal paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08262-7

Kaden Hazzard is a theoretical physicist concentrating on quantum many-body systems, especially in ultracold matter. His research team explores the connections between ultracold systems, condensed matter, and quantum information. Their work includes investigating far-from-equilibrium dynamics, creating new algorithms for calculating quantum system properties, and collaborating with experimentalists on new atomic, molecular, and optical systems for quantum simulation and computation. He is also interested in "emergent" properties of many-body systems, particularly in ultracold gases, and aims to develop novel strongly correlated matter using atoms and molecules with large internal state spaces.

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