Novel Quantum States in Condensed Matter 2017

On this workshop

In 2007, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP) started new project "Yukawa International Program of Quark-Hadron Sciences (YIPQS)" funded by Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. In this project, YITP hosts two or three long-term workshops each year, and invites leading experts to stimulate discussion and to foster collaborations among workshop participants.

This time, we hold "Novel Quantum States in Condensed Matter 2017 (NQS2017)", as a successor of the two long-term workshops held under the same title in the past (NQS2011 and NQS2014). Our focus in this time is on topological phases and related topics, which include strongly-correlated topological phases (e.g., spin liquids), topological insulators and superconductors, quantum entanglement, topological phases realized in non-equilibrium settings, and so on.

During the workshop, participants stay at YITP with desks and other facilities. They can take ample time for discussions with other participants in the comfortable climate of October-November in Kyoto.

Just after the workshop, a satellite workshop "Oxide Superspin 2017 (OSS2017)" will be held from Nov. 25 to 29 at the same venue.

Schedule & Venue

• Start: October 23, 2017 at 10:55,   Close: November 24, 2017
• Panasonic Auditorium, Yukawa Hall, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
• Tentative schedule and topics featured
  Oct. 23 - Nov.10 (1st-3rd week): Topological materials
  Nov. 6 - Nov. 24 (3rd-5th week): Strongly correlated systems
  Nov. 13 - Nov. 24 (4th-5th week): Artificial systems
  Symposium: Nov. 8-10
  Mini-symposium: Nov. 22
  

Subjects

• Spin liquids, strongly correlated topological phases, and their realizations
• Topological insulators, Weyl and Dirac semimetals and related quantum phenomena
• Topological superconductors, and exotic excitations
• Quantum entanglement, tensor networks, and other new concepts applied to symmetry-protected/enriched topological phases and other new kinds of quantum orders
• Topological phases realized in non-equilibrium settings (Floquet, quantum gas, etc.)
• Photonic crystals, mechanical topological phases, etc.
• Spin-Hall effects, Skyrmion, and other spintronics-related topics

Invited Speakers

• Frederic Mila (EPFL)
• Roderich Moessner (MPI,PkS)
• Takashi Oka (MPI,PkS)
• Duncan Haldane (Princeton)
• Joel Moore (UC Berkeley)
• Shinsei Ryu (Chicago)
• Alexander Altland (Cologne)
• Liang Fu (MIT)
• Senthil Todadri (MIT)
• Erez Berg (Chicago)
• Achim Rosch (Cologne)
• Manfred Sigrist (ETH Zurich)

and more (Please check "Program".).

Organizing Committee

Sumio Ishihara (Tohoku), Hirokazu Tsunetsugu (ISSP), Masao Ogata (Tokyo), Yukitoshi Motome (Tokyo), Takami Tohyama (TUS), Shuichi Murakami (Tokyo Tech), Yoichi Yanase (Kyoto), Masatoshi Sato (YITP, Chair), Keisuke Totsuka (YITP), Ippei Danshita (YITP), Manfred Sigrist (ETH Zurich), Leon Balents (UCSB)

Sponsors

YITP,   Nishinomiya City