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  <body><![CDATA[<h5>School of Physics Colloquium: Prof. Cory Dean, Columbia University</h5><p>In 1976, Douglas Hofstadter predicted that in the presence of both a strong magnetic field, and a spatially varying periodic potential, Bloch electrons confined to a 2D quantum well exhibit a self-similar fractal energy spectrum known as the "Hofstadter's Butterfly".&nbsp; In subsequent years, experimental discovery of the quantum Hall effect gave birth to an expansive field of research into 2D electronic systems in the presence of a magnetic field, however, direct confirmation of the fractal spectrum remained elusive. Recently we demonstrated that graphene, in which Bloch electrons can be described by Dirac fermions, provides a new &nbsp;opportunity to investigate this nearly 40 year old problem. In this talk I will discuss the &nbsp;experimental realization of Hofstader's butterfly by exploiting nano-scale interfacial effects between graphene and hexagonal boron nitride substrates, together with application of extremely high magnetic fields.&nbsp; Utilizing newly developed techniques to fabricate ultra-clean graphene devices, I will additionally discus the capability to probe for the first time the effect of strong electron interactions , within the fractal Hofstadter spectrum.</p>]]></body>
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