PI - UIUC Joint Workshop on Strongly Correlated Quantum Many-Body Systems 2015

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Conference Date: 
Thursday, November 5, 2015 (All day) to Friday, November 6, 2015 (All day)
Scientific Areas: 
Quantum Matter

 

This is the fourth workshop on condensed matter physics that has been held jointly with the University of Urbana-Champaign since 2012. The goal of the workshop is to exchange new ideas and promote collaborations on various topics in condensed matter physics, which include topological phases, quantum field theories for condensed matter systems and novel numerical methods.
 
 
  • Xiao Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Philippe Corboz, University of Amsterdam
  • Taylor Hughes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Isaac Kim, Perimeter Institute
  • David Luitz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Max Metlitski, Perimeter Institute
  • David Schwab, Northwestern University
  • Dam Thahn Son, University of Chicago
  • Guifre Vidal, Perimeter Institute

 

  • Fiona Burnell, University of Minnesota
  • Juan Carrasquilla, Perimeter Institute
  • Hilary Carteret
  • Andres Carvajal, Perimeter Institute
  • Hitesh ChanglaniUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Xiao Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Lukasz Cincio, Perimeter Institute
  • Brian ClarkUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Caleb Cook, Perimeter Institute
  • Philippe Corboz, University of Amsterdam
  • Denis Dalidovich, Perimeter Institute
  • Eduardo Fradkin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Zheng-Cheng Gu, Perimeter Institute
  • Taylor Hughes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Isaac Kim, Perimeter Institute
  • Bohdan Kulchytskyy
  • Sung-Sik Lee, Perimeter Institute & McMaster University
  • Rob LeighUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • David Luitz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Peter Lunts, Perimetr Institute
  • Jia-Wei Mei, Perimeter Institute
  • Roger Melko, Perimeter Institute & University of Waterloo
  • Max Metlitski, Perimeter Institute
  • Rob Myers, Perimeter Institute
  • Vasilios PassiasUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Philip PhillipsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Yang Qi, Tsinghua University
  • Jeff Rau, University of Waterloo
    Julian Rincon, Perimeter Institute
  • Shinsei RyuUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • David Schwab, Northwestern University
  • Marc Schulz, University of Minnesota
  • Dam Thahn Son, University of Chicago
  • Miles Stoudenmire, Perimeter Institute
  • Giacomo Torlai, University of Waterloo
  • Guifre Vidal, Perimeter Institute
  • Yuan Wan, Perimeter Institute
  • Chenjie Wang, Perimeter Institute
  • Xiao-Gang Wen, Perimeter Institute & Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Shou Yang, Perimeter Institute

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Time

Event

Location

8:30 – 9:00am

Registration

Reception

9:00 – 9:05am

Sung-Sik Lee, Perimeter Institute & McMaster University
Welcome and Opening Remarks

Bob Room

 

Chair:
Roger Melko, Perimeter Institute & University of Waterloo

 

9:05 – 10:05am

Philippe Corboz, University of Amsterdam
Tensor network studies of 2D fermionic and frustrated systems

Bob Room

10:05 – 10:45am

Coffee Break

Bistro – 1st Floor

10:45 – 11:30am

Guifre Vidal, Perimeter Institute
Tensor network renormalization

Bob Room

11:30 – 12:15pm

David Luitz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Eigenstate thermalization and many body localization in the random field Heisenberg chain

Bob Room

12:15 – 2:00pm

Lunch

Bistro – 2nd Floor

  Chair:
Sung-Sik Lee, Perimeter Institute & McMaster University
 

2:00 – 3:00pm

David Schwab, Northwestern University
Statistical physics of statistical inference with hidden variables

Bob Room

3:00 – 3:45pm

Taylor Hughes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Abelian Topological Phases:
Symmetries, Defects, and Entanglement

Bob Room

3:45 – 4:15pm

Coffee Break

Bistro – 1st Floor

4:15 – 5:00pm

Isaac Kim, Perimeter Institute
Localization from superselection rules in translation invariant systems

Bob Room

5:00 – 6:00pm

Eduardo Fradkin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Discussion 1

Bob Room

6:00pm

Banquet

Bistro – 2nd Floor

 

Friday, November 6, 2015

Time

Event

Location

 

Chair:
Eduardo Fradkin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

9:00 – 10:00am

Dam Thanh Son, University of Chicago
Particle-hole symmetry and the nature of the composite fermion

Bob Room

10:00 – 10:05am

Conference Photo

TBA

10:05 – 10:30am

Coffee Break

Bistro – 1st Floor

10:30 - 11:15am

Max Metlitski, Perimeter Institute
Composite fermion liquid:
from 2DEG to topological insulator surface

Bob Room

11:15 – 12:00pm

Xiao Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Many-body Localization Transition in Rokhsar-Kivelson-type wave functions

Bob Room

12:00 – 2:00pm

Lunch

Bistro – 2nd Floor

2:00 – 3:00pm

Xiao-Gang Wen,
Perimeter Institute & Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Discussion 2

Bob Room

 

 

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Scientific Organizer:

Sung-Sik Lee, Perimeter Institute & McMaster University