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This School and Workshop explores exotic quantum phases in equilibrium and driven matter, focusing on quantum spin liquids, spin–orbit–coupled materials, experimental probes, and nonequilibrium control via Floquet engineering and ultrafast dynamics.

The program combines pedagogical lectures and research talks covering fractionalization and topological order, experimental probes of quantum spin liquids, candidate materials with strong spin–orbit coupling, and microscopic modeling. It further addresses nonequilibrium phases in driven and synthetic quantum matter, including Floquet engineering, nonlinear spectroscopy, and quantum state preparation, alongside modern theoretical and numerical methods.

Topics

• General introduction to quantum spin liquids: fractionalization, topological order, and phase classification
• Experimental probes of quantum spin liquids
• Candidate quantum materials and their microscopic models
• Exotic phases in driven matter Synthetic quantum matter and its nonequilibrium aspects
• Theoretical and numerical approaches Quantum state preparation and control

Speakers

P. Armitage, Johns Hopkins University, USA

F. Assaad, University of Würzburg, Germany

L. Balents, UC Santa Barbara, USA

C. Batista, University of Tennessee, USA

S. Bhattacharjee, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, India

C. Broholm, Johns Hopkins University, USA

C. Castelnovo, University of Cambridge, UK

N. Chepiga, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

A. Coldea, University of Oxford, UK

R. Coldea, University of Oxford, UK

K. Damle, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India

R. Egger, University of Düsseldorf, Germany

R. Fazio, ICTP Trieste, Italy

K. Hallberg, Bariloche Atomic Center and Balseiro Institute Bustillo, Argentina

S. Haravifard, Duke University, USA

H. Jin, ShanghaiTech University, China

L. Jaubert, CNRS and University of Bordeaux, France

A. Keselman, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel

I. Kézsmárki, University of Augsburg, Germany

M. Kiselev, ICTP, Italy

S.B. Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, South Korea

E. Lhotel, CNRS & Université Grenoble Alpes, France

T. McQueen, Johns Hopkins University, USA

F. Mila, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

A. Paramekanti, University of Toronto, Canada

D. Pejaković, Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, USA

K. Penc, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungary

R. G. Pereira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

N. Perkins, University of Minnesota, USA

S. Petit, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, France

D. Poilblanc, CNRS and University of Toulouse, France

S. Rachel, University of Melbourne, Australia

J. Rau, University of Windsor, Canada

A. Scheie, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

U. Seifert, University of Cologne, Germany

N. Shannon, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

K. Shtengel, UC Riverside, USA

O. Starykh, University of Utah, USA

L. B. Steren, CNEA-CONICET, Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Argentina

S. Trebst, University of Cologne, Germany

V. Tripathi, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India

J. Vidal, CNRS & Sorbonne University, France

M. Vojta, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

A. Wietek, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Germany

S. Wilson, UC Santa Barbara, USA

K. Wohlfeld, University of Warsaw, Poland

A. Zheludev, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.