Workshop and School on Topological Aspects of Condensed Matter Physics

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Workshop and School on Topological Aspects of Condensed Matter Physics | (smr 2248)

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Monday, 27 June 2011

08:30 - 10:30 Registration Formalities at the Leonardo da Vinci Building ICTP, entrance level, ground floor
- 08:30 Registration Formalities at the Leonardo da Vinci Building ICTP, entrance level, ground floor 2h0'
10:30 - 11:00 Welcome / Opening Remarks
- 10:30 Welcome / Opening Remarks 30'
  
  Speaker: M.Z. HASAN, A.W.W. LUDWIG, P.B. WIEGMANN and V.E. KRAVTSOV

11:00 - 12:00 Topological orders as pattern of long range entanglements

11:00 Topological orders as pattern of long range entanglements 1h0'

Speaker:	Xiao-Gang WEN (Dept. of Physics, MIT, Cambridge, U.S.A.)
Material:	Abstract X.G. WEN

12:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
- 12:00 Lunch break 2h0'
14:00 - 15:00 Fractional charges in quantum dot and antidot systems
- 14:00 Fractional charges in quantum dot and antidot systems 1h0'
  
  Speaker: Charles MARCUS (Dept.of Physics, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, U.S.A.)
15:00 - 16:00 Fractional quantum Hall states at zero magnetic field
- 15:00 Fractional quantum Hall states at zero magnetic field 1h0'
  
  Speaker: Claudio CHAMON (Dept. of Physics, Boston Univ., U.S.A.)

Tuesday, 28 June 2011

09:00 - 10:00 Topological insulators and superconductors
- 09:00 Topological insulators and superconductors 1h0'
  
  Speaker: Shou Cheng ZHANG (Dept. of Physics, Stanford Univ., U.S.A.)
10:00 - 10:10 Break
- 10:00 Break 10'

10:10 - 11:10 Transport properties of topological insulators

10:10 Transport properties of topological insulators 1h0'

Speaker:	Phuan ONG (Dept. of Physics, Princeton Univ., U.S.A.)
Material:	Abstract P. ONG

11:10 - 11:30 Coffee break
- 11:10 Coffee break 20'
11:30 - 12:30 Topological insulator and topological non-linear sigma models
- 11:30 Topological insulator and topological non-linear sigma models 1h0'
  
  Speaker: Dunghai LEE (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.)
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
14:30 - 15:30 STM studies of defects and impurities on Bi2Te3 and Bi2Se3 topological insulators
- 14:30 STM studies of defects and impurities on Bi2Te3 and Bi2Se3 topological insulators 1h0'
  
  Speaker: Aharon KAPITULNIK (Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford Univ., U.S.A.)
15:45 - 17:45 POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
- 15:45 POSTER PRESENTATIONS 2h0'
18:30 - 19:15 WELCOME RECEPTION

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
- 18:30 WELCOME RECEPTION 45'

Wednesday, 29 June 2011
- 09:00 - 10:00 Symmetry protected quantization of Berry phases and applications
  - 09:00 Symmetry protected quantization of Berry phases and applications 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Yasuhiro HATSUGAI (Institute of Physics, Univ. of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan)
- 10:00 - 10:10 Break
  - 10:00 Break 10'
- 10:10 - 11:10 Weyl semi-metal and Fermi Arc surface states in correlated spin orbit systems
  - 10:10 Weyl semi-metal and Fermi Arc surface states in correlated spin orbit systems 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Ashvin VISHWANATH (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.)
- 11:10 - 11:30 Coffee break
  - 11:10 Coffee break 20'
- 11:30 - 12:30 Correlated states with broken time reversal symmetry in graphene
  - 11:30 Correlated states with broken time reversal symmetry in graphene 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Leonid LEVITOV (Dept. of Physics, MIT, Cambridge, U.S.A.)
- 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
  - 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
- 16:30 - 18:00 ICTP COLLOQUIUM: Interference Effects in a Quantized Hall Conductor"
  - 16:30 ICTP COLLOQUIUM: Interference Effects in a Quantized Hall Conductor" 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Bertrand I. HALPERIN (Harvard University, Dept. of Physics, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.)

Thursday, 30 June 2011

09:00 - 10:00 On Majorana states in quantum wires
- 09:00 On Majorana states in quantum wires 1h0'
  
  Speaker: Bertrand HALPERIN (Dept. of Physics, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, U.S.A.)
10:00 - 10:10 Break
- 10:00 Break 10'
10:10 - 11:10 Superconductivity in semiconductor nanowires
- 10:10 Superconductivity in semiconductor nanowires 1h0'
  
  Speaker: Leonardus KOUWENHOVEN (Dept. of Applied Physics, Delft Univ., The Netherlands)
11:10 - 11:30 Coffee break
- 11:10 Coffee break 20'
11:30 - 12:30 Topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions in spin-orbit coupled semiconductor/superconductor structures
- 11:30 Topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions in spin-orbit coupled semiconductor/superconductor structures 1h0'
  
  Speaker: Jay Deep SAU (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Maryland, U.S.A.)
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'

14:30 - 15:30 Dirac fermions in HgTe

14:30 Dirac fermions in HgTe 1h0'

Speaker:	Laurens MOLENKAMP (Institut of Physics, Univ. Wurzburg, Germany)
Material:	Abstract L. MOLENKAMP

15:30 - 15:40 Break
- 15:30 Break 10'
15:40 - 16:40 Phase transitions and critical behavior in topological lattice models
- 15:40 Phase transitions and critical behavior in topological lattice models 1h0'
  
  Speaker: Steve H. SIMON (Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, Oxford Univ., U.K.)

Friday, 1 July 2011
- 09:00 - 10:00 Kondo problem in topological insulators/superconductors
  - 09:00 Kondo problem in topological insulators/superconductors 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Akira FURUSAKI (RIKEN, Condensed Matter Theory Laboratory, Saitama, Japan)
- 10:00 - 10:10 Break
  - 10:00 Break 10'
- 10:10 - 11:10 Topological insulators and fractionalization
  - 10:10 Topological insulators and fractionalization 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Michael LEVIN (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Maryland, U.S.A.)
- 11:10 - 11:30 Coffee break
  - 11:10 Coffee break 20'
- 11:30 - 12:30 Recent progress in exactly solvable discrete models for topological phases in two dimensions
  - 11:30 Recent progress in exactly solvable discrete models for topological phases in two dimensions 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Yong-Shi WU (Dept. of Physics, Univ. Utah, U.S.A.)
- 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
  - 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
- 14:30 - 15:30 Topological and hydrodynamics of an incompressible Hall liquid
  - 14:30 Topological and hydrodynamics of an incompressible Hall liquid 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Alexander ABANOV (Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook, U.S.A.)
- 16:30 - 18:00 ICTP COLLOQUIUM : Overview of Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Lessons Learned
  - 16:30 ICTP COLLOQUIUM : Overview of Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Lessons Learned 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Katsumi YAMADA (IAEA, Div. of Nuclear Power, Vienna, Austria)

Monday, 4 July 2011

09:00 - 10:00 Gapless topological matter and flat bands

09:00 Gapless topological matter and flat bands 1h0'

Speaker:	Grigori E. VOLOVIK (Helsinki Univ. of Technology, Finland and Landau Instiitute Moscow, Russian Federation)
Material:	Abstract G. VOLOVIK lecture notes

10:00 - 10:10 Break
- 10:00 Break 10'
10:10 - 11:10 Disorder, interaction and quantum criticality in topological insulators
- 10:10 Disorder, interaction and quantum criticality in topological insulators 1h0'
  
  Speaker: Alexander MIRLIN (Inst. fuer Nanotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany)
11:10 - 11:30 Coffee break
- 11:10 Coffee break 20'

11:30 - 12:30 Spin-orbit echo

11:30 Spin-orbit echo 1h0'

Speaker:	Naoto NAGAOSA (Dept. of Applied Physics, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)
Material:	Abstract N. NAGAOSA

12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'

14:30 - 15:30 Geometric phase effects on charge and spin transport

14:30 Geometric phase effects on charge and spin transport 1h0'

Speaker:	Qian NIU (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Texas at Austin, U.S.A. and ICQM Peking Univ. Beijing, People's Republic)
Material:	Abstract Q. NIU

15:30 - 15:40 Break
- 15:30 Break 10'

15:40 - 16:40 The Bott clock and topological insulators

15:40 The Bott clock and topological insulators 1h0'

Speaker:	Michael STONE (Dept. of Physics, Loomis Lab., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.)
Material:	lecture notes

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

09:00 - 10:00 Particles in non-Abelian gauge potentials
- 09:00 Particles in non-Abelian gauge potentials 1h0'
  
  Speaker: Kareljan SCHOUTENS (Inst. for Theoretical Physics, Univ. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
10:00 - 10:10 Break
- 10:00 Break 10'

10:10 - 11:10 Topological field theory for p-wave superconductors

10:10 Topological field theory for p-wave superconductors 1h0'

Speaker:	Hans HANSSON (Univ. of Stockholm, Albanova Univ. Center, Stockholm, Sweden)
Material:	Abstract H. HANSSON

11:10 - 11:30 Coffee break
- 11:10 Coffee break 20'

11:30 - 12:30 Evidence for non-Abelian quasiparticles at filling factor 5/2

11:30 Evidence for non-Abelian quasiparticles at filling factor 5/2 1h0'

Speaker:	Robert L. WILLETT (Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, U.S.A.)
Material:	Abstract R. WILLETT

12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
14:30 - 15:30 Toward an experimental detection of non-Abelian statistics in the fractional quantum Hall effect
- 14:30 Toward an experimental detection of non-Abelian statistics in the fractional quantum Hall effect 1h0'
  
  Speaker: Woowon KANG (James Franck Institute, Univ. of Chicago, U.S.A.)
15:30 - 15:40 Break
- 15:30 Break 10'

15:40 - 16:40 Partition functions of non-Abelian quantum Hall states

15:40 Partition functions of non-Abelian quantum Hall states 1h0'

Speaker:	Andrea CAPPELLI (Dipt. di Fisica, INFN, Sesto Fiorentino Firenze, Italy)
Material:	Abstract A. CAPPELLI

Wednesday, 6 July 2011
- 09:00 - 10:00 Transport, responses and field theories of 3D topological insulators
  - 09:00 Transport, responses and field theories of 3D topological insulators 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Joel E. MOORE (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.)
- 10:00 - 10:10 Break
  - 10:00 Break 10'
- 10:10 - 11:10 Entanglement entropy in Z_2 topological phase on nontrivial geometries
  - 10:10 Entanglement entropy in Z_2 topological phase on nontrivial geometries 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Masaki OSHIKAWA (ISSP, The Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan)
- 11:10 - 11:30 Coffee break
  - 11:10 Coffee break 20'
- 11:30 - 12:30 Topological insulators thin films: Growth and novel properties
  - 11:30 Topological insulators thin films: Growth and novel properties 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Qikun XUE (Dept. of Physics, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, People's Republic of China)
- 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
  - 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
- 14:30 - 14:30 FREE TIME
  - 14:30 FREE TIME
Thursday, 7 July 2011
- 09:00 - 10:00 Majorana fermions in proximity-coupled topological insulator nanoribbons
  - 09:00 Majorana fermions in proximity-coupled topological insulator nanoribbons 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Marcel FRANZ (Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
- 10:00 - 10:10 Break
  - 10:00 Break 10'
- 10:10 - 11:10 Odd-parity topological superconductors
  - 10:10 Odd-parity topological superconductors 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Liang FU (Dept. of Physics, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, U.S.A.)
- 11:10 - 11:30 Coffee break
  - 11:10 Coffee break 20'
- 11:30 - 12:30 Topological phases in non-centrosymmetric superconductors
  - 11:30 Topological phases in non-centrosymmetric superconductors 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Shinsei RYU (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of California, Berkeley, US.A.)
- 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
  - 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
- 14:30 - 15:30 Stabilities and instabilities in three dimensional topological insulators
  - 14:30 Stabilities and instabilities in three dimensional topological insulators 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Adiel STERN (The Weizmann Institute of Science, CM Physics, Rehovot, Israel)
- 15:30 - 15:40 Break
  - 15:30 Break 10'
- 15:40 - 16:40 The fractional Chern insulator
  - 15:40 The fractional Chern insulator 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Andrei BERNEVIG (CM Physics, Princeton Univ., U.S.A.)
- 16:40 - 18:00 POSTER PRESENTATIONS II
  
  Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
  - 16:40 POSTER PRESENTATIONS II 1h20'
Friday, 8 July 2011
- 09:00 - 10:00 Topological bandstructures for ultracold atoms
  - 09:00 Topological bandstructures for ultracold atoms 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Nigel COOPER (TCM Group, Cavendish Lab., Cambridge Univ., U.K.)
- 10:00 - 10:10 Break
  - 10:00 Break 10'
- 10:10 - 11:10 Topological phases in correlated systems with strong spin-orbit coupling
  - 10:10 Topological phases in correlated systems with strong spin-orbit coupling 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Yong Baek KIM (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Toronto, Canada)
- 11:10 - 11:30 Coffee break
  - 11:10 Coffee break 20'
- 11:30 - 12:00 Disorder-induced Majorana metal in interacting non-Abelian anyon systems
  - 11:30 Disorder-induced Majorana metal in interacting non-Abelian anyon systems 30'
    
    Speaker: C. LAUMANN (Dept. of Physics, Harvard Univ., Cambridge MA, U.S.A.)
- 12:00 - 12:15 CLOSING REMARKS
  - 12:00 CLOSING REMARKS 15'