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Program Schedule - Condensed Matter
Updated as of 14 Dec 2015
11 Dec | 12 Dec | 13 Dec | 14 Dec | 15 Dec
11 Dec (Fri)
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Time |
Program |
Venue |
| 08:50-09:00 |
Opening Remarks
Patrick A. Lee
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Visiting Professor of HKUST IAS) |
IAS Lecture Theater, G/F
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Session One
Session Chair: Fuchun Zhang (The University of Hong Kong & Zhejiang University) |
| 09:00-09:55 |
“Topology and Superconductivity, a Road to Reality”
[Abstract]
Carlo Beenakker (Leiden University)
|
IAS Lecture Theater, G/F
|
| 09:55-10:25 |
“Yet Another Way to
Measure Majorana Nonlocality”
[Abstract]
Anton Akhmerov (Delft University of Technology)
|
| 10:25-10:45 |
Coffee Break
|
Lobby, G/F
|
| 10:45-11:15 |
“Engineering Topological States: from 1D to 2D”
Jelena Klinovaja (University of Basel) |
IAS Lecture Theater, G/F
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| 11:15-11:45 |
“Search for
Additional Signatures of Majorana Fermions in Semiconductor
Nanowires Coupled to Superconductors”
[Abstract]
Sergey Frolov (University of Pittsburgh) |
| 11:45-12:05 |
“Ising
Superconductivity and Majorana Fermions in Transition Meal
Dichalcogenides”
Kam Tuen Law (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 12:05-14:00 |
Lunch |
Open
Area,
1/F |
Session Two
Session Chair: Patrick A. Lee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Visiting Professor of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study) |
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14:00-14:30 |
“Topological Superconductivity in Chains of Magnetic Atoms”
Felix von Oppen (Freie Universität Berlin)
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IAS Lecture Theater, G/F
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|
14:30-15:00 |
“Physical Architecture for a Universal Topological Quantum Computer
Based on a Network of Majorana Nanowires”
[Abstract]
Jay Deep Sau (The University of Maryland) |
|
15:00-15:30 |
“Modular Anomalies in (2+1) and (3+1)-D Edge Theories”
[Abstract]
Matthew Gilbert (The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign) |
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15:30-15:40 |
Coffee Break |
Lobby,
G/F |
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12 Dec (Sat)
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Time |
Program |
Venue |
Session Three
Session Chair: Tai-Kai Ng (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 09:00-09:55 |
“New Forms of Matter: Weyl
Fermions, Fermi
Arcs and Topological Nodal Metals”
[Abstract]
Suyang Xu (Princeton University)
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IAS Lecture Theater, G/F
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| 09:55-10:25 |
“Topological Semimetals and Weyl Fermions”
[Abstract]
Zhong Fang (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
|
| 10:25-10:45 |
Coffee Break
|
Lobby, G/F
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| 10:45-11:15 |
“Search for Two-dimensional
Topological Insulators with Large Gap”
[Abstract]
Xi Dai (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
IAS Lecture Theater, G/F
|
| 11:15-11:45 |
“Searching for New Excitations in Topological Places”
[Abstract]
Kenneth Burch (Boston College) |
| 11:45-12:05 |
“Landau Levels and
Zeeman Splitting of Three-dimensional Massless Dirac Fermions in
ZrTe5”
[Abstract]
Fa Wang (Peking University) |
| 12:05-12:15 |
Photo Taking |
| 12:15-14:00 |
Lunch |
Open Area,
1/F |
Session Four
Session Chair: Ziyang Meng (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
|
14:00-14:30 |
“Hidden Order in a
Perovskite Iridate Revealed by Nonlinear
Optics” [Abstract]
David Hsieh (The California Institute of Technology)
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IAS Lecture Theater, G/F
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|
14:30-15:00 |
“Interaction Effects
in Quantum Anomalous Hall Insulators”
[Abstract]
Arun Paramekanti (University of Toronto) |
|
15:00-15:30 |
Coffee Break
and Poster Session |
Lobby,
G/F |
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13 Dec (Sun)
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Time |
Program |
Venue |
Session Five
Session Chair: Xiongjun Liu (Peking University) |
| 09:00-09:55 |
“Two Types of
Weyl Semimetals”
[Abstract]
Andrei Bernevig (Princeton University)
|
IAS Lecture Theater, G/F
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| 09:55-10:25 |
“Andreev Bound State in Topological Superconductors”
[Abstract]
Yukio Tanaka (Nagoya University)
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| 10:25-11:00 |
“Emergent Spacetime Supersymmetry in 3D Weyl Semimetals and 2D Dirac Semimetals”
Hong Yao (Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University)
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| 11:00-11:15 |
Coffee Break
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Lobby, G/F
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| 11:15-17:00 |
Free Time &
Excursion |
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14 Dec (Mon)
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Time |
Program |
Venue |
Session Six
Session Chair: Renbao Liu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
| 09:00-09:30 |
"Dirac Composite Fermions in the Half-filled Landau Level"
[Abstract]
Roger Mong (University of Pittsburgh)
|
IAS1038, 1/F |
| 09:30-09:55 |
“Coupled Wire Model of
Symmetric Majorana Surfaces of Topological Superconductors”
[Abstract]
Jeffrey Teo (The University of Virginia)
|
| 09:55-10:25 |
“Topological Quantum Field Theory
Approach for Bosonic Symmetry-Protected-Topological Phase with Abelian Symmetry in Three Dimensions”
Zhengcheng Gu (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)
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| 10:25-10:45 |
Coffee Break
|
Open
Area, 1/F |
| 10:45-11:15 |
“Topology and Magnetism in Vanadium and Iridium-based
Frustrated Magnets”
Yong Baek Kim (The University of Toronto) |
IAS1038, 1/F |
| 11:15-11:45 |
“Quantum
Oscillations in Kondo Insulator SmB6”
[Abstract]
Lu Li (University of Michigan) |
| 11:45-12:05 |
“Bulk
Topological Proximity Effect”
[Abstract]
Timothy Hsieh (University of California at Santa Barbara) |
| 12:05-14:00 |
Lunch |
Open
Area, 1/F |
Session Seven
Session Chair: Bohm Jung Yang (Seoul National University) |
|
14:00-14:30 |
“Topology of Crystalline Insulators and Superconductors” [Abstract]
Masatoshi Sato (Kyoto University)
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IAS1038, 1/F |
|
14:30-15:00 |
“Magnetic Moments in Superconfuctors: from Shiba to Majorana Bound States”
Pascal Simon (Paris-Sud University) |
|
15:00-15:30 |
Talk title to be
confirmed
Eugene Demler (Harvard University) |
|
15:30-16:00 |
Coffee Break |
Open
Area, 1/F |
|
16:00-17:20 |
IAS / School of
Science Joint Lecture
[Abstract]
“Detecting and
Coupling Quantum Objects with Quantum Light”
Dan Stamper-Kurn (University of California at Berkeley)
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IAS2042, 2/F |
| 17:20-18:00 |
Free Time |
| 18:00-20:30 |
Conference
Dinner (For Invited Participants Only) |
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15 Dec (Tue)
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Time |
Program |
Venue |
Session Eight
Session Chair: Zidan Wang (The University of Hong Kong) |
| 09:00-09:30 |
"Topological Phenomena in Periodically Driven Systems: The Role of Disorder and Interactions"
[Abstract]
Erez Berg (Weizmann Institute of Science)
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IAS1038, 1/F |
| 09:30-09:55 |
“Detecting Weyl Fermions in Condensed Matter”
[Abstract]
Titus Neupert (Princeton University)
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| 09:55-10:25 |
“Interplay between Kondo and Majorana Interactions in Quantum Dots”
[Abstract]
Roman Lutchyn (Microsoft Station Q)
|
| 10:25-10:45 |
Coffee Break
|
Open
Area, 1/F |
| 10:45-11:15 |
"Topological Modulated
Superconductivity in Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides"
[Abstract]
Eun-Ah Kim (Cornell University) |
IAS1038, 1/F |
| 11:15-11:45 |
“Classification of Nodal Topological Superconductors and their Flat-band Surface States”
[Abstract]
Andreas Schnyder (The Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research) |
| 11:45-12:05 |
“Topological Semi-metals with Line Nodes and Drumhead Surface States”
Ching-Kai Chiu (The University of Maryland) |
| 12:05-14:00 |
Lunch |
Open
Area, 1/F |
Session Nine
Session Chair: Wei Yi (University of Science and Technology of China) |
|
14:00-14:30 |
“Synthetic Gauge Flux, Weyl Points and Geometric Phases in Acoustic Systems”
[Abstract]
Che Ting Chan (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
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IAS1038, 1/F |
|
14:30-15:00 |
“Topological Nonsymmorphic Crystalline Superconductors”
[Abstract]
Chaoxing Liu (The Pennsylvania State University) |
|
15:00-15:30 |
"Fractional Topological States in Lattice Systems"
[Abstract]
Kai Sun (University of Michigan) |
|
15:30-15:40 |
Closing Remarks
Carlo Beenakker (Leiden University) |
|
15:40-16:00 |
Coffee
Break |
Open Area, 1/F
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