Summer Program
Quantum Materials: Experimental Enigmas and Theoretical Challenges
June 18–July 16, 2023
Organizers:
*Erez Berg, Weizmann Institute of Science
Premala Chandra, Rutgers University
**Harold Hwang, Stanford University
Srinivas Raghu, Stanford University
Suchitra Sebastian, University of Cambridge
Quantum condensed matter physics thrives on unexpected experimental observations of emergent quantum systems. The past few years have witnessed impressive progress both in the development of new materials that display unforeseen electronic behavior, and in ground-breaking experiments that shed new light on long-standing problems in the field. In this program we will bring together leading researchers, experimentalists and theorists, at different stages of their scientific careers to brainstorm about experimental enigmas that will inform and drive new theoretical directions in the years to come.
*organizer responsible for participant diversity
**scientific advisor
Summer Workshops
The summer program, running for 16 weeks from late-May to mid-September, emphasizes exciting open problems at the cutting edge. Two or three concurrent workshops, each with a specific focus selected for timeliness and the potential for breakthroughs and of two to five weeks in length, establish the main themes of each week, with twelve or thirteen different workshops each summer, balanced across fields including particle physics, string theory, astrophysics and hard and soft condensed matter physics, as well as emerging areas including biological physics, ultra-cold atom physics, quantum information, and physical mathematics. Additional researchers participate in small working groups or as individual researchers. This framework is designed to maximize informal interactions and free discussion within each area and to promote cross-fertilization between different areas via the common language of theoretical physics. Participation in the summer program of the Aspen Center for Physics is by application and subsequent invitation only. View past workshops.
