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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

F. Assaad, University of Würzburg, Germany

L. Balents, UC Santa Barbara, USA

C. Batista, University of Tennessee, USA

S. Bhattacharjee, ICTS, India

C. Broholm, Johns Hopkins University, USA

C. Castelnovo, University of Cambridge, UK

N. Chepiga, University of Oxford, UK

A. Coldea, University of Oxford, UK

R. Coldea, University of Oxford, UK

K. Damle, TIFR, India

R. Fazio, ICTP Trieste, Italy

S. Gao, University of Science and Technology of China, China

S. Haravifard, Duke University, USA

H. Jin, ShanghaiTech University, China

L. Jaubert, CNRS, France

A. Keselman, Technion IIT, Israel

M. Kiselev, ICTP, Italy

S.B. Lee, KAIST, South Korea

E. Lhotel, CNRS, France

P. van Loosdrecht, University of Cologne, Germany

G. Luke, McMaster University, Canada

T. McQueen, Johns Hopkins University, USA

F. Mila, EPFL, Switzerland

G. Mussardo, SISSA, Italy

R. Narayanan, IIT Madras, India

M. Oshikawa, Ohio State University, USA

D. Pejaković, Moore Foundation, USA

K. Penc, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungary

R. G. Pereira, IIP-UFRN, Brazil

N. Perkins, University of Minnesota, USA

S. Petit, CNRS, France

D. Poilblanc, CNRS, France

S. Rachel, University of Melbourne, Australia

J. Rau, University of Windsor, Canada

U. Seifert, University of Cologne, Germany

N. Shannon, OIST, Japan

K. Shtengel, UC Riverside, USA

O. Starykh, University of Utah, USA

L. B. Steren, CNEA-CONICET,  Argentina

S. Trebst, University of Cologne, Germany

V. Tripathi, TIFR, India

M. Vojta, TU Dresden, Germany

A. Wietek, MPI-PKS, Germany

S. Wilson, UC Santa Barbara, USA

K. Wohlfeld, University of Warsaw, Poland

A. Zheludev, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Call for Contributed Abstracts: All applicants are encouraged to submit an abstract for a poster presentation. Abstract templates are available for download here or below under 'Abstract Templates'.
 

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.