Organizers:
*Charlotte Boettcher, Stanford University
Ashvin Vishwanath, Harvard University
Xiaodong Xu, University of Washington
Matthew Yankowitz, University of Washington
*represents the organizer in charge of promoting diversity
Many exciting and enigmatic phases of quantum matter originate either from strong electron-electron interactions or from topologically nontrivial electronic bands. In recent years, there has been enormous progress in the realization and study of a wide class of quantum systems with intertwined topology and correlations, drawing from an array of materials including graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, layered ferromagnets, superconductors, proximitized nanowires, and two-dimensional quantum wells. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers from a variety of backgrounds ranging from the study of quantum materials to engineered quantum structures, united by a shared interest in the emergent topological properties of quantum many-body systems. The program will focus on topics such as the creation and detection of novel topological phases in strongly correlated systems, new pathways towards realizing and studying topological superconductivity, and progress towards developing topological many-body systems for applications in quantum science and technology. We hope to establish interdisciplinary connections and stimulate new experimental and theoretical directions in this rapidly emerging field.
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.
