Quantum Matter: Dynamics and Sensors
Sponsored and Hosted by the University of Connecticut, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, and the University of North Florida
December 19 – 22, 2022
Venue: Innovation Partnership Building | UConn Tech Park
Hotel: The Graduate @ UConn
See also: Conference website at UNF.
Registration Deadline:
December 1, 2022 to be in the printed abstract booklet
December 12, 2022 to be in the pdf abstract booklet*
*Registration after December 12th does not include meals.
About the Workshop
Quantum matter and materials have grown to be an active area of modern condensed matter. Fascinating properties of quantum materials might lead to technological applications such as spintronics, quantum technologies and quantum sensors. The combination of new materials discoveries and development of new probes of quantum matter has helped shape these topics into an exciting area. Recent dynamic and pumped probe experiments reveal a strong promise of Dynamic Quantum Matter as a new research direction. We strive to measure, understand and predict transient correlations and coherences in quantum materials upon different driving conditions. Therefore, we introduce it as a new topic of this year’s quantum matter conference. We seek to have an active discussion on hidden, entangled and dynamic orders that emerge in quantum matter and the potential applications beyond it.
Main focus for this upcoming conference will be on the modeling and experimental observations of Quantum Matter. Overall, the goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers to discuss and highlight emerging topics and develop ideas for future research.
Scope: Dynamics in Quantum Matter, Dark Matter and Quantum Sensors, Correlated systems, and topics including spin transport, superconductivity, and non-equilibrium dynamics
Confirmed Speakers
Charles Ahn – Yale University
Pamir Alpay – UConn
Boris Altshuler – Columbia University
Daniel Arovas – University of California San Diego (Remote)
Alexander Balatsky – University of Connecticut and NORDITA – Organizer
Victor Batista – Yale University
Kenneth Burch – Boston College
Paola Cappellaro - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rodrigo Cortiñas – Yale University
Ilya Drozdov - Brookhaven National Laboratory
Benjo Fraser – Stockholm University
Andrew Geraci - Northwestern University
Sinéad Griffin - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jason Haraldsen - University of North Florida – Organizer
Menka Jain – University of Connecticut – Organizer
Yonathan Kahn - University of Illinois (Remote)
Robert Konik - Brookhaven National Laboratory
Walter Krawec – University of Connecticut
Leonid Levitov – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel McCarron – University of Connecticut
Anatoli Polkovnikov – Boston University
Lea Santos – University of Connecticut – Organizer
James Sauls – Louisiana State University – Organizer
Daniel Sheehy – Louisiana State University
Ilya Sochnikov – University of Connecticut
Boris Spivak – University of Washington
Boris Svistunov – University of Massachusetts Amherst
William Terrano – Arizona State University
Carlos Trallero – University of Connecticut
Chandra Varma – University of California Riverside
Ilya Vekhter – Louisiana State Univeristy
Pavel Volkov – Rutgers University
Justin H. Wilson – Louisiana State University
Qin Yang – University of Connecticut
Poster Presenters
Jorge Chávez – University of Connecticut
Patrick Keeney – University of North Florida
Miguel Prado – University of Connecticut
Joseph Prescott – University of North Florida
Priya Sharma – University of Connecticut
Wenzheng Wei – Yale University
Patrick J. Wong – University of Connecticut and NORDITA
Topical Sessions
Monday, December 19, 2022
8:00 a.m. – Registration Open and Continental Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00 a.m. – Welcome and Introduction
Session I – Quantum Sensors and Metrology I (Chair: A. Balatsky)
9:00 – 9:45 a.m. – Pamir Alpay and Sanjeev Nayak – Quantum Materials Modeling and Properties Prediction using Density Functional Theory
9:45 – 10:30 a.m. – Paola Cappellaro – Multiparameter estimation: from ultimate bounds to practical implementations
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. – William Terrano – Searches for dark matter and tests of fundamental symmetries
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. – Coffee Break
Session II – Quantum Sensors and Metrology II (Chair: M. Jain)
11:30 – 12:15 p.m. – Qian Yang – Opportunities in Machine Learning for Quantum Matter
12:15 – 1:00 p.m. – Victor Batista – Quantum Dynamics on Modular Quantum Devices
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Lunch Break (Provided)
Session III – Quantum Sensors and Metrology I (Chair: L. Santos)
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. – Pedram Roushan (Remote) – Toward discovering novel quantum dynamics on a NISQ processor
3:45 – 4:30 p.m. – Rodrigo Cortiñas – Controlling the interference of tunneling paths in a double well-system
4:30 – 4:45 p.m. – Coffee Break
4:45 – 5:30 p.m. – Carlos Trallero – Generation and control of non-local indistinguishable XUV photons
5:30 – 6:15 p.m. – Ilya Sochnikov – Quantum Sensing for Material Research
6:15 p.m. – Break for the Day
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
8:00 a.m. – Continental Breakfast
Session IV – Quantum Matter and Dark Matter Sensing I (Chair: J.T. Haraldsen)
9:00 – 9:45 a.m. – Sinéad Griffin – Dark matter on the rocks
9:45 – 10:30 a.m. – Benjo Fraser – Dark Sound: collective modes of axionic dark matter
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. – Coffee Break
Session V – Quantum Matter and Dark Matter Sensing II - Remote (Chair: J.T. Haraldsen)
10:45 – 11:30 a.m. – Andrew Geraci (Remote) – Searching for “fifth-forces” from the QCD Axion
11:30 – 12:15 p.m. – Yonathan Kahn (Remote) – Axion wind detection with the homogeneous precession domain of superfluid helium-3
12:15 – 1:00 p.m. – James Sauls (Remote) – High Q superconducting RF cavities for axion detection
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Lunch Break (Provided)
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Poster Session
Session VI – Material and Strain Structures (Chair: J. Hancock)
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. – Charles Ahn – Coherent Imaging and Control of Antiferromagnetic Domain Dynamics
3:45 – 4:30 p.m. – Daniel Sheehy – Unruh effect and inversion of statistics in strained graphene
4:30 – 4:45 p.m. – Coffee Break
4:45 – 5:30 p.m. – Robert Konik – Post-quantum quench growth of Renyi entropies in perturbed Luttinger liquids
5:30 p.m. – Reception
6:15 p.m. – Dinner (Provided by Workshop)
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
8:00 a.m. – Continental Breakfast
Session VII – Quantum Matter I (Chair: I. Sochnikov)
9:00 – 9:45 a.m. – Chandra Varma – Quantum-criticality and superconductivity in twisted bi-layer graphene
9:45 – 10:30 a.m. – Justin H. Wilson – Measurement and feedback driven entanglement transition in the probabilistic control of chaos
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. – Boris Spivak – Debye mechanism of giant microwave absorption in superconductors
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. – Coffee Break
Session VIII – Quantum Matter II (Chair: G. Fernando)
11:30 – 12:15 p.m. – Leonid Levitov – Chiral Stoner magnetism in Dirac bands
12:15 – 1:00 p.m. – Daniel Arovas (Remote)
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Lunch Break (Provided)
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. – General Discussion
Session IX – Quantum Matter Dynamics (Chair: J.T. Haraldsen)
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. – Boris Svistunov – Supertransport by superclimbing dislocations in Helium-4: When all dimensions matter
3:45 – 4:30 p.m. – Kenneth Burch – Axial Higgs mode from quantum geometry and a charge density wave
4:30 – 4:45 p.m. – Coffee Break
4:45 – 5:30 p.m. – Walter Krawec
5:30 – 6:15 p.m. – Pavel Volkov – Interacting electrons in critical polar metals
6:15 p.m. – Break for the Day
Thursday, December 22, 2022
8:00 a.m. – Continental Breakfast
Session X – Quantum Matter III (Chair: J.T. Haraldsen)
9:00 – 9:45 a.m. – Ilya Vekhter – Bound states and controllable currents on topological Insulator surfaces with extended magnetic defects
9:45 – 10:30 a.m. – Boris Altshuler
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. – Anatoly Polkovnikov
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. – Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:15 p.m. – Daniel McCarron
12:15 p.m. – End of Conference
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. – UConn Round Table Discussion (Chair: A. Balatsky)
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Organizers
- Alexander V. Balatsky (University of Connecticut and Nordita)
- Jason T. Haraldsen (University of North Florida) – Materials Theory Group
- Menka Jain (University of Connecticut)
- Lea Santos (University of Connecticut)
- James A Sauls (Lousiana State University)
Sponsors
We thank our sponsors for generously supporting this workshop!
- University of Connecticut (UConn)
- The University of North Florida (UNF)
- Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA)
Feel free to contact Alexander Balatsky (balatsky@hotmail.com) or Jason T. Haraldsen (j.t.haraldsen@unf.edu)