Workshop and School on Topological Aspects of Condensed Matter Physics | (smr 2248)
Go to day
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08:30 - 10:30
Registration Formalities at the Leonardo da Vinci Building ICTP, entrance level, ground floor
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08:30
Registration Formalities at the Leonardo da Vinci Building ICTP, entrance level, ground floor
2h0'
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08:30
Registration Formalities at the Leonardo da Vinci Building ICTP, entrance level, ground floor
2h0'
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10:30 - 11:00
Welcome / Opening Remarks
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10:30
Welcome / Opening Remarks
30'
Speaker: M.Z. HASAN, A.W.W. LUDWIG, P.B. WIEGMANN and V.E. KRAVTSOV
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10:30
Welcome / Opening Remarks
30'
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11:00 - 12:00
Topological orders as pattern of long range entanglements
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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
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11:00
Topological orders as pattern of long range entanglements
1h0'
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12:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
- 12:00 Lunch break 2h0'
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14:00 - 15:00
Fractional charges in quantum dot and antidot systems
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14:00
Fractional charges in quantum dot and antidot systems
1h0'
Speaker: Charles MARCUS (Dept.of Physics, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, U.S.A.)
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14:00
Fractional charges in quantum dot and antidot systems
1h0'
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15:00 - 16:00
Fractional quantum Hall states at zero magnetic field
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15:00
Fractional quantum Hall states at zero magnetic field
1h0'
Speaker: Claudio CHAMON (Dept. of Physics, Boston Univ., U.S.A.)
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15:00
Fractional quantum Hall states at zero magnetic field
1h0'
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08:30 - 10:30
Registration Formalities at the Leonardo da Vinci Building ICTP, entrance level, ground floor
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09:00 - 10:00
Topological insulators and superconductors
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09:00
Topological insulators and superconductors
1h0'
Speaker: Shou Cheng ZHANG (Dept. of Physics, Stanford Univ., U.S.A.)
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09:00
Topological insulators and superconductors
1h0'
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10:00 - 10:10
Break
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10:10 - 11:10
Transport properties of topological insulators
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10:10
Transport properties of topological insulators
1h0'
Speaker: Phuan ONG (Dept. of Physics, Princeton Univ., U.S.A.) Material: Abstract P. ONG
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10:10
Transport properties of topological insulators
1h0'
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11:10 - 11:30
Coffee break
- 11:10 Coffee break 20'
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11:30 - 12:30
Topological insulator and topological non-linear sigma models
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11:30
Topological insulator and topological non-linear sigma models
1h0'
Speaker: Dunghai LEE (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.)
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11:30
Topological insulator and topological non-linear sigma models
1h0'
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12:30 - 14:30
Lunch break
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
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14:30 - 15:30
STM studies of defects and impurities on Bi2Te3 and Bi2Se3 topological insulators
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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.)
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14:30
STM studies of defects and impurities on Bi2Te3 and Bi2Se3 topological insulators
1h0'
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15:45 - 17:45
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace -
15:45
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
2h0'
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15:45
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
2h0'
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18:30 - 19:15
WELCOME RECEPTION
Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace - 18:30 WELCOME RECEPTION 45'
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09:00 - 10:00
Topological insulators and superconductors
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09:00 - 10:00
Symmetry protected quantization of Berry phases and applications
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09:00
Symmetry protected quantization of Berry phases and applications
1h0'
Speaker: Yasuhiro HATSUGAI (Institute of Physics, Univ. of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan)
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09:00
Symmetry protected quantization of Berry phases and applications
1h0'
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10:00 - 10:10
Break
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10:10 - 11:10
Weyl semi-metal and Fermi Arc surface states in correlated spin orbit systems
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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.)
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10:10
Weyl semi-metal and Fermi Arc surface states in correlated spin orbit systems
1h0'
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11:10 - 11:30
Coffee break
- 11:10 Coffee break 20'
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11:30 - 12:30
Correlated states with broken time reversal symmetry in graphene
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11:30
Correlated states with broken time reversal symmetry in graphene
1h0'
Speaker: Leonid LEVITOV (Dept. of Physics, MIT, Cambridge, U.S.A.)
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11:30
Correlated states with broken time reversal symmetry in graphene
1h0'
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12:30 - 14:30
Lunch break
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
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16:30 - 18:00
ICTP COLLOQUIUM: Interference Effects in a Quantized Hall Conductor"
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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.)
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16:30
ICTP COLLOQUIUM: Interference Effects in a Quantized Hall Conductor"
1h30'
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09:00 - 10:00
Symmetry protected quantization of Berry phases and applications
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09:00 - 10:00
On Majorana states in quantum wires
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09:00
On Majorana states in quantum wires
1h0'
Speaker: Bertrand HALPERIN (Dept. of Physics, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, U.S.A.)
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09:00
On Majorana states in quantum wires
1h0'
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10:00 - 10:10
Break
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10:10 - 11:10
Superconductivity in semiconductor nanowires
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10:10
Superconductivity in semiconductor nanowires
1h0'
Speaker: Leonardus KOUWENHOVEN (Dept. of Applied Physics, Delft Univ., The Netherlands)
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10:10
Superconductivity in semiconductor nanowires
1h0'
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11:10 - 11:30
Coffee break
- 11:10 Coffee break 20'
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11:30 - 12:30
Topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions in spin-orbit coupled semiconductor/superconductor structures
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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.)
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11:30
Topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions in spin-orbit coupled semiconductor/superconductor structures
1h0'
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12:30 - 14:30
Lunch break
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
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14:30 - 15:30
Dirac fermions in HgTe
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14:30
Dirac fermions in HgTe
1h0'
Speaker: Laurens MOLENKAMP (Institut of Physics, Univ. Wurzburg, Germany) Material: Abstract L. MOLENKAMP
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14:30
Dirac fermions in HgTe
1h0'
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15:30 - 15:40
Break
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15:40 - 16:40
Phase transitions and critical behavior in topological lattice models
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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.)
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15:40
Phase transitions and critical behavior in topological lattice models
1h0'
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09:00 - 10:00
On Majorana states in quantum wires
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09:00 - 10:00
Kondo problem in topological insulators/superconductors
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09:00
Kondo problem in topological insulators/superconductors
1h0'
Speaker: Akira FURUSAKI (RIKEN, Condensed Matter Theory Laboratory, Saitama, Japan)
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09:00
Kondo problem in topological insulators/superconductors
1h0'
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10:00 - 10:10
Break
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10:10 - 11:10
Topological insulators and fractionalization
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10:10
Topological insulators and fractionalization
1h0'
Speaker: Michael LEVIN (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Maryland, U.S.A.)
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10:10
Topological insulators and fractionalization
1h0'
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11:10 - 11:30
Coffee break
- 11:10 Coffee break 20'
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11:30 - 12:30
Recent progress in exactly solvable discrete models for topological phases in two dimensions
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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.)
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11:30
Recent progress in exactly solvable discrete models for topological phases in two dimensions
1h0'
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12:30 - 14:30
Lunch break
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
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14:30 - 15:30
Topological and hydrodynamics of an incompressible Hall liquid
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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.)
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14:30
Topological and hydrodynamics of an incompressible Hall liquid
1h0'
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16:30 - 18:00
ICTP COLLOQUIUM : Overview of Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Lessons Learned
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16:30
ICTP COLLOQUIUM : Overview of Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Lessons Learned
1h30'
Speaker: Katsumi YAMADA (IAEA, Div. of Nuclear Power, Vienna, Austria)
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16:30
ICTP COLLOQUIUM : Overview of Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Lessons Learned
1h30'
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09:00 - 10:00
Kondo problem in topological insulators/superconductors
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09:00 - 10:00
Gapless topological matter and flat bands
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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
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09:00
Gapless topological matter and flat bands
1h0'
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10:00 - 10:10
Break
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10:10 - 11:10
Disorder, interaction and quantum criticality in topological insulators
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10:10
Disorder, interaction and quantum criticality in topological insulators
1h0'
Speaker: Alexander MIRLIN (Inst. fuer Nanotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany)
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10:10
Disorder, interaction and quantum criticality in topological insulators
1h0'
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11:10 - 11:30
Coffee break
- 11:10 Coffee break 20'
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11:30 - 12:30
Spin-orbit echo
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11:30
Spin-orbit echo
1h0'
Speaker: Naoto NAGAOSA (Dept. of Applied Physics, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan) Material: Abstract N. NAGAOSA
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11:30
Spin-orbit echo
1h0'
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12:30 - 14:30
Lunch break
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
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14:30 - 15:30
Geometric phase effects on charge and spin transport
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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
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14:30
Geometric phase effects on charge and spin transport
1h0'
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15:30 - 15:40
Break
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15:40 - 16:40
The Bott clock and topological insulators
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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
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15:40
The Bott clock and topological insulators
1h0'
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09:00 - 10:00
Gapless topological matter and flat bands
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09:00 - 10:00
Particles in non-Abelian gauge potentials
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09:00
Particles in non-Abelian gauge potentials
1h0'
Speaker: Kareljan SCHOUTENS (Inst. for Theoretical Physics, Univ. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
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09:00
Particles in non-Abelian gauge potentials
1h0'
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10:00 - 10:10
Break
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10:10 - 11:10
Topological field theory for p-wave superconductors
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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
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10:10
Topological field theory for p-wave superconductors
1h0'
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11:10 - 11:30
Coffee break
- 11:10 Coffee break 20'
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11:30 - 12:30
Evidence for non-Abelian quasiparticles at filling factor 5/2
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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
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11:30
Evidence for non-Abelian quasiparticles at filling factor 5/2
1h0'
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12:30 - 14:30
Lunch break
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
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14:30 - 15:30
Toward an experimental detection of non-Abelian statistics in the fractional quantum Hall effect
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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.)
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14:30
Toward an experimental detection of non-Abelian statistics in the fractional quantum Hall effect
1h0'
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15:30 - 15:40
Break
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15:40 - 16:40
Partition functions of non-Abelian quantum Hall states
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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
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15:40
Partition functions of non-Abelian quantum Hall states
1h0'
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09:00 - 10:00
Particles in non-Abelian gauge potentials
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09:00 - 10:00
Transport, responses and field theories of 3D topological insulators
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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.)
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09:00
Transport, responses and field theories of 3D topological insulators
1h0'
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10:00 - 10:10
Break
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10:10 - 11:10
Entanglement entropy in Z_2 topological phase on nontrivial geometries
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10:10
Entanglement entropy in Z_2 topological phase on nontrivial geometries
1h0'
Speaker: Masaki OSHIKAWA (ISSP, The Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan)
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10:10
Entanglement entropy in Z_2 topological phase on nontrivial geometries
1h0'
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11:10 - 11:30
Coffee break
- 11:10 Coffee break 20'
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11:30 - 12:30
Topological insulators thin films: Growth and novel properties
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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)
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11:30
Topological insulators thin films: Growth and novel properties
1h0'
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12:30 - 14:30
Lunch break
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
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14:30 - 14:30
FREE TIME
- 14:30 FREE TIME
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09:00 - 10:00
Transport, responses and field theories of 3D topological insulators
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09:00 - 10:00
Majorana fermions in proximity-coupled topological insulator nanoribbons
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09:00
Majorana fermions in proximity-coupled topological insulator nanoribbons
1h0'
Speaker: Marcel FRANZ (Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
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09:00
Majorana fermions in proximity-coupled topological insulator nanoribbons
1h0'
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10:00 - 10:10
Break
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10:10 - 11:10
Odd-parity topological superconductors
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10:10
Odd-parity topological superconductors
1h0'
Speaker: Liang FU (Dept. of Physics, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, U.S.A.)
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10:10
Odd-parity topological superconductors
1h0'
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11:10 - 11:30
Coffee break
- 11:10 Coffee break 20'
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11:30 - 12:30
Topological phases in non-centrosymmetric superconductors
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11:30
Topological phases in non-centrosymmetric superconductors
1h0'
Speaker: Shinsei RYU (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of California, Berkeley, US.A.)
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11:30
Topological phases in non-centrosymmetric superconductors
1h0'
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12:30 - 14:30
Lunch break
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
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14:30 - 15:30
Stabilities and instabilities in three dimensional topological insulators
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14:30
Stabilities and instabilities in three dimensional topological insulators
1h0'
Speaker: Adiel STERN (The Weizmann Institute of Science, CM Physics, Rehovot, Israel)
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14:30
Stabilities and instabilities in three dimensional topological insulators
1h0'
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15:30 - 15:40
Break
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15:40 - 16:40
The fractional Chern insulator
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15:40
The fractional Chern insulator
1h0'
Speaker: Andrei BERNEVIG (CM Physics, Princeton Univ., U.S.A.)
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15:40
The fractional Chern insulator
1h0'
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16:40 - 18:00
POSTER PRESENTATIONS II
Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace -
16:40
POSTER PRESENTATIONS II
1h20'
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16:40
POSTER PRESENTATIONS II
1h20'
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09:00 - 10:00
Majorana fermions in proximity-coupled topological insulator nanoribbons
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09:00 - 10:00
Topological bandstructures for ultracold atoms
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09:00
Topological bandstructures for ultracold atoms
1h0'
Speaker: Nigel COOPER (TCM Group, Cavendish Lab., Cambridge Univ., U.K.)
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09:00
Topological bandstructures for ultracold atoms
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10:00 - 10:10
Break
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Break
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10:00
Break
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10:10 - 11:10
Topological phases in correlated systems with strong spin-orbit coupling
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10:10
Topological phases in correlated systems with strong spin-orbit coupling
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Speaker: Yong Baek KIM (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Toronto, Canada)
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10:10
Topological phases in correlated systems with strong spin-orbit coupling
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11:10 - 11:30
Coffee break
- 11:10 Coffee break 20'
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11:30 - 12:00
Disorder-induced Majorana metal in interacting non-Abelian anyon systems
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11:30
Disorder-induced Majorana metal in interacting non-Abelian anyon systems
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Speaker: C. LAUMANN (Dept. of Physics, Harvard Univ., Cambridge MA, U.S.A.)
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11:30
Disorder-induced Majorana metal in interacting non-Abelian anyon systems
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12:00 - 12:15
CLOSING REMARKS
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12:00
CLOSING REMARKS
15'
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12:00
CLOSING REMARKS
15'
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09:00 - 10:00
Topological bandstructures for ultracold atoms