Theories, Experiments and Numerics on Gapless Quantum Many-body Systems

Coordinators: Ribhu Kaul, Zhu-Xi Luo, Aavishkar Patel and Alex Thomson

This conference will bring experts from different disciplines of physics and foster an active and productive interaction and discussion on various open questions regarding strongly correlated gapless quantum many-body systems. This conference hopes to improve our understanding on the following directions: 

  1. To resolve the current discrepancy on deconfined quantum critical point and quantum spin liquids from the perspective of numerical simulation, conformal bootstrap, and theoretical efforts. 
  2. New approaches for understanding compressible quantum liquids such as non-Fermi liquids. 
  3. Gapless quantum states involving generalized symmetries such as higher form symmetries. 
  4. Anomalies of symmetries and emergent symmetries of gapless states.
  5. Duality and its implications on quantum critical points.
  6. Recent experimental progress of strongly correlated gapless states, and their theoretical understanding.
  7. SYK physics and its application on real physical systems. 

The concentrated schedule of the conference will enable participation of condensed matter experimentalists and create a platform for productive exchanges with theorists.

2024

Monday, May 13, 2024

  • Chair: Ribhu Kaul (Penn State) 08:50AM Deconfined quantum criticality Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 08:50AM Lars Bildsten (KITP) Welcome
    • 09:20AM Yinchen He (Perimeter Inst.) TBD
    • 09:45AM Shai Chester (Imperial College) TBD
  • 10:30AM MORNING BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 11:00AM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 11:00AM Jonathan D'emidio (DIPC) TBD
    • 11:45AM Anders Sandvik (BU) TBD
  • 12:30PM LUNCH BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 02:00PM Spin liquids Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 02:00PM Leon Balents (KITP) TBD
    • 02:45PM Stephen Wilson (UCSB) TBD
  • 03:30PM AFTERNOON BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 04:00PM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 04:00PM Han Ma (Perimeter Inst.) TBD
    • 04:45PM Donna Sheng (CSUN) TBD
  • 05:30PM SHUTTLE TO BWSCI Gurley Courtyard

     

2024

Monday, May 13, 2024

  • Chair: Ribhu Kaul (Penn State) 08:50AM Deconfined quantum criticality Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 08:50AM Lars Bildsten (KITP) Welcome
    • 09:20AM Yinchen He (Perimeter Inst.) TBD
    • 09:45AM Shai Chester (Imperial College) TBD
  • 10:30AM MORNING BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 11:00AM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 11:00AM Jonathan D'emidio (DIPC) TBD
    • 11:45AM Anders Sandvik (BU) TBD
  • 12:30PM LUNCH BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 02:00PM Spin liquids Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 02:00PM Leon Balents (KITP) TBD
    • 02:45PM Stephen Wilson (UCSB) TBD
  • 03:30PM AFTERNOON BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 04:00PM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 04:00PM Han Ma (Perimeter Inst.) TBD
    • 04:45PM Donna Sheng (CSUN) TBD
  • 05:30PM SHUTTLE TO BWSCI Gurley Courtyard

     

2024

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

  • Chair: Aavishkar Patel (Flatiron Institute) 09:00AM non-Fermi liquids + generalized syms Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 09:00AM Subir Sachdev (Harvard) TBD
    • 09:45AM Chao Ming Jian (Cornell) TBD
  • 10:30AM MORNING BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 11:00AM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 11:00AM Dominic Else (Perimeter Inst.) TBD
    • 11:45AM Zhen Bi (Penn State) TBD
  • 12:30PM LUNCH BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • Chair: Zhu-Xi Luo (Harvard) 02:00PM Generalized symmetries Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 02:00PM Xiao-Gang Wen (MIT) A 10-year journey: from non-invertible gravitational anomaly to generalized symmetry, and to a general theory of strongly correlated gapless states
    • 02:45PM Wenjie Ji (Caltech) Excitations and defects in invertible phases
  • 03:30PM AFTERNOON BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 04:00PM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 04:00PM Carolyn Zhang (Harvard) Protected gaplessness in a deformed ising model
    • 04:45PM Yizhi You (Northeastern) Spontaneous Strong-to-Weak Symmetry Breaking
  • 05:30PM RECEPTION Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 06:00PM SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 07:30PM SHUTTLE TO BWSCI Gurley Courtyard

     

2024

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

  • Chair: Alex Thomson (UC Davis) 09:00AM FQAH Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 09:00AM Ashvin Vishwanath (Harvard) TBD
    • 09:45AM Long Ju (MIT) TBD
  • 10:30AM MORNING BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 11:00AM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 11:00AM Jiaqi Cai (Unviersity of Washington) TBD
    • 11:45AM Hart Goldman (U. Chicago) Composite fermions and the fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect
  • 12:30PM LUNCH BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 02:00PM Moiré Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 02:00PM Andrea Young (UCSB) TBD
    • 02:30PM Chenhao Jin (UCSB) TBD
  • 03:30PM AFTERNOON BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 04:00PM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 04:00PM Xueyang Song (MIT) TBD
    • 04:45PM Stevan Nadj Perge (Caltech) TBD
  • 05:30PM RECEPTION Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 06:00PM SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 07:30PM SHUTTLE TO BWSCI Gurley Courtyard

     

2024

Thursday, May 16, 2024

  • Chair: Cenke Xu (UCSB) 09:00AM Boundary Criticality & Symmetric mass generation Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 09:00AM Max Metlitski (MIT) TBD
    • 09:45AM Francesco Parisen Toldin (RWTH Aachen) TBD
  • 10:30AM MORNING BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 11:00AM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 11:00AM Yi Zhuang You (UCSD) TBD
    • 11:45AM Anna Hasenfratz (CU Boulder) TBD
  • 12:30PM LUNCH BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 02:00PM Non-Fermi liquids II Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

    Talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion
    • 02:00PM Ethan Lake (UCB) Exotic gapless phases from modulated symmetries
    • 02:45PM Yi-Hsien Du (U. Chicago) TBD
  • 03:30PM AFTERNOON BREAK Gurley Courtyard

     
  • 04:00PM Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main)

     
    • 04:00PM Pavel Volkov (UConn) Non-linear transport of strange metals

2024

Friday, May 17, 2024

No talks scheduled.

2024

Saturday, May 18, 2024

No talks scheduled.

2024

Sunday, May 19, 2024

No talks scheduled.