New Insights into Quantum Materials: Scattering, Other Probes, and Theory
This workshop is sponsored by the US Department of Energy, through the UMN Center for Quantum Materials, and by the Simons Foundation, through the UMN Fine Theoretical Physics Institute.
Tentative Schedule
New Insights into Quantum Materials: Scattering, Other Probes, and Theory
May 21-23, 2024
The workshop will be held in Kenneth H. Keller Hall 3-180
Tuesday, 5/21 ~ Wednesday, 5/22 ~ Thursday, 5/23
Tuesday, 5/21
8:30 - 9:00 am
Light Breakfast
9:00– 9:35 am
Physics of delafossite metals
Andrew Mackenzie
Max-Planck-Institute, Dresden
9:35 – 10:10 am
ARPES as a probe of quantum geometry
Riccardo Comin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10:10 – 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 – 11:15 am
Long and short range magnetic order in 2D layered van der Waals materials
Stuart Calder
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
11:15– 11:50 am
Thermal Hall effect in insulating van der Waals magnets
Xianglin Ke
Michigan State University
11:50 – 1:20 pm
Lunch Break (on your own)
1:20 – 1:55 pm
Modulated phases in quantum ferroelectrics
Peter Littlewood
The University of Chicago
1:55 – 2:30 pm
Unraveling the electron-phonon coupling in strontium titanate
Damjan Pelc
University of Zagreb, Croatia
2:30 – 3:05 pm
Spatiotemporal Orders in Driven Ferroelectrics
Premala Chandra
Rutgers University
3:05 – 3:35 pm
Coffee Break
3:35 – 4:10 pm
The Role of Structural Correlations in Electronic Phase Transitions
Raymond Osborn
Argonne National Laboratory
4:10 – 4:45 pm
Under the Nano-Lens: Imaging Quantum Materials through Near-field Optics
Alexander McLeod
University of Minnesota
4:45 - 6:15 pm
Poster Session
Tuesday, 5/21 ~ Wednesday, 5/22 ~ Thursday, 5/23
Wednesday, 5/22
8:30 - 9:00 am
Light Breakfast
9:00 – 9:35 am
Fairly convincing evidence of the existence of Pair-Density-Wave order in certain cuprate high-temperature superconductors with particularly low Tcs
Steven Kivelson
Stanford University
9:35 – 10:10 am
Electronic structure of nickelate superconductors
Antia Sanchez Botana
Arizona State University
10:10 – 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 – 11:15 am
Magnetic excitations in uranium ditelluride
Nicholas Butch
University of Maryland
11:15 – 11:50 am
Intertwined charge density waves in TiSe2
Maria Navarro Gastiasoro
Donostia International Physics Center, Spain
11:50 – 1:20 pm
Lunch Break (on your own)
1:20 – 1:55 pm
Magnetic molecular orbitals observed with neutron scattering
Yuan Li
Peking University
1:55 – 2:30 pm
Sleuthing spin liquidity in cerium based pyrochlores with neutrons and beyond
Hitesh Changlani
Florida State University and
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
2:30 – 3:05 pm
Quantum fluctuations on triangular lattices of Ising spins
Collin Broholm
Johns Hopkins University
3:05 – 3:35 pm
Coffee Break
3:35 – 4:10 pm
Neutron scattering and muSR studies on the phases of Na2Co2TeO6
Jie Ma
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
4:10 – 4:45 pm
The theoretical framework of "Su(n)ny”
Cristian Batista
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
We suggest visiting the Weisman Art Museum (free admission) before the dinner.
6:00 pm
Workshop Banquet
McNamara Alumni Center
University Hall
200 Oak St. SE
Tuesday, 5/21 ~ Wednesday, 5/22 ~ Thursday, 5/23
Thursday, 5/23
8:30 - 9:00 am
Light Breakfast
9:00 – 9:35 am
Fluctuation-driven phenomena in the kagome-net magnets RMn6Sn6
Igor Mazin
George Mason University
9:35 – 10:10 am
Anomalous magnetoelectric entanglement in a frustrated chiral magnet
Xianghan Xu
Princeton University
10:10 – 10:45 am
Pulling order back from the brink of disorder: a classical spin liquid and order-by-disorder on the FCC lattice
Kemp W. Plumb
Brown University
10:45 – 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 – 11:50 am
Flat Bands in Bulk Quantum Materials
Ming Yi
Rice University
11:50 – 12:25 pm
Symmetry breaking in Kagome metal systems probed by electronic Raman spectroscopy
Girsh Blumberg
Rutgers University
Boris Shklovskii
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Minnesota
Lodging for non-local invited speakers will be provided by the workshop sponsors at the Graduate Minneapolis (room and tax only). The hotel is within blocks of the workshop venue and about 30 minutes from the MSP airport. Light-rail transit, Taxi, Uber/Lyft or SuperShuttle service is available for transportation to the hotel and/or workshop location.
Information regarding details of hotel arrangements will be sent via e-mail to each participant of the workshop after registration. Please DO NOT contact the hotel to update reservations; contact the email address below for any changes that need to be made.
Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions by e-mail at FTPI@umn.edu.
Workshop Location:
The workshop will be held in Keller Hall 3-180 on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.
The building can be accessed via the main doors on Washington Avenue and the side doors on Union Street and the Scholars Walk.
Banquet Location:
The banquet for workshop participants will be held on Wednesday, May 22nd in University Hall at the McNamara Alumni Center.
Getting to the University of Minnesota:
Once you land at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (MSP), you have several options you can take to get to the University of Minnesota (UMN).
The Metro Transit Light Rail is the most efficient and cost effective mode of travel. It will cost $2.00 or $2.50 (rush hours) for a one-way ticket. The trains run every 10 - 15 minutes on weekdays and will get you to the UMN campus in about 30 minutes. From MSP, take the Blue Line north to US Bank Station. From there you will transfer to the Green Line and take that east to East Bank Station or Stadium Village Station. Find more information on the Light Rail Transit page of the MSP website.
Shuttle service is available from MSP, however the waits can be long and cost may be high at $20.00 - $73.00 depending on whether you share the ride or travel alone. To learn more see the Van and Shuttle service page of the MSP website.
Taxi services are available at MSP, including Uber and Lyft. It will take approximately 30 - 45 minutes to get to campus depending on traffic and will cost between $25.00 - $60.00. Visit the Ground Transportation page of the MSP website for more information on app-based ride services.
Car rental is not recommended. Parking around campus is limited and can be expensive.
Local Restaurants:
Please see our Restaurant Locations Map for ideas on where to eat in the area.