Nov. 3 - Nov. 5, 2021 Nov. 8 - Nov. 12, 2021 Nov. 15 - Nov. 17, 2021
Part II - RCQM Workshop on Topological Materials and Electron Correlations
BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC)
6500 Main Street
Houston, Texas 77030
Recorded talks will be posted to the RCQM YouTube page.
Monday Poster Presentations:
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_A_j-ZTtS0
| 1 | Han | Wu | Nonsymmorphic Symmetry-Protected Band Crossings in a Correlated Meta | Rice University |
| 2 | Jaime | Moya | Incommensurate magnetic orders and possible field-induced skyrmions in the square-net centrosymmetric EuGa2Al2 system | Rice University |
| 3 | Shouvik | Sur | Generalized spin-Hall insulators and Dirac semimetals | Rice University |
| 4 | Muhammad | Akram | Moire Skyrmions and chiral states in CrX_3 (X=I, Br) | Arizona State University |
| 5 | Jiseop | Oh | Topological Surface States and Electronic Instabilities in an Ideal Weak Topological Insulator | University of California Berkeley |
| 6 | Swadeepan | Nanda | CVE in chiral band structure | University of Houston |
| 7 | Chandan | Setty | T-breaking density wave order in topological kagome metals | Rice University |
| 8 | Osakpolor | Obakpolor | Surface Luttinger arc in Weyl Semimetals | University of Houston |
| 9 | Sayed Ali Akbar | Ghorashi | Higher-Order Weyl Semimetals | Stony Brook university |
| 10 | Karunya | Shirali | Tuning topological phase transitions in the 3D tetradymites | Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University |
| 11 | Victor | Drouin-Touchette | Fractional topological excitations in a coupled XY system | Rutgers University |
Tuesday Poster Presentations:
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CcE5dBkcGQ
| 13 | Xinghai | Zhang | Enhanced superconductivity due to spectrum-wide wavefunction criticality in quasiperiodic and power-law random hopping models | Rice University |
| 14 | Mehdi | Zarea | Majorana fermions in p-wave superconducting wires | Northwestern University |
| 15 | Yaofeng | Xie | Electron-phonon coupling in the charge density wave states of CsV3Sb5 | Rice University |
| 16 | Yiming | Wang | Quantum Criticality of Kondo Lattice Model: A Renormalization Group Study via Quantum non-Linear Sigma Model | Rice University |
| 17 | Tobias | Wolf | Spontaneous Valley Spirals in Magnetically Encapsulated Twisted Bilayer Graphene | The University of Texas at Austin |
| 18 | Lei | Chen | Multiband spin-triplet pairing for heavy fermion ladder-based superconductor UTe2 | Rice University |
| 19 | Haoyu | Hu | Unconventional Superconductivity from Fermi Surface Fluctuations in Strongly Correlated Metals | Rice University |
| 20 | Rauf | Giwa | mi arc criterion for surface majorana modes in superconducting time-reversal symmetric weyl semimetals | University of Houston |
| 21 | Yichen | Zhang | From Dirac fermions to searching unconventional fermions in charge density wave compound | Rice University |
| 22 | Jianwei | Huang | Rice University | |
If you submitted a poster but do not see your name on the list please email ginny.w@rice.edu
2021 RCQM Workshop on
Topological Materials and Electron Correlations
Preliminary program as of November 11, 2021
Invited talk: 20 + 10 minutes
Contributed talk: 12 + 3 minutes
Monday, November 15
Coffee, light breakfast and registration (8:30am-8:45am)
Welcome Session
8:45-9:00 Opening Remarks
Session I -- Band topology
(Chair: Pengcheng Dai)
9:00-9:30 Jennifer Cano (Stony Brook U.) – “When do Dirac points have higher order Fermi arcs?”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWW4zZ0eGcE
9:30-10:00 Fan Zhang (UT Dallas) - “Higher-order topological materials”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LezNZXzAB6c
10:00-10:30 Ming Yi (Rice U.) – “Bismuth halides--a quasi-1D material platform for novel topological states”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfFOXhWk0Ng
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
Session II -- Topological materials I
(Chair: David Abergel)
11:00-11:30 Daniel S. Dessau (U. Colorado Boulder) - “Electronic structure of magnetic topological materials”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvG898hf7YI
11:30-12:00 Peter Armitage (Johns Hopkins U.) – “Recent results on Kitaev interactions in Co based magnets”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GpbcO1bgGU
12:00-12:15 Blitz poster preview (1 minute per poster)
Video: (Top of the page)
12:15-2:15 Lunch and Poster Session I
Session II – Topology and strong correlations I
(Chair: Matt Foster)
2:15-2:45 Silke Paschen (TU Vienna, Austria) – “Controlling electronic topology in a strongly correlated electron system”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GR_IWAtKEk
2:45-3:15 Jennifer E. Hoffman (Harvard U.) - "Visualizing the impurity states around Kondo holes in SmB6"
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsnAD9jBxEA
3:15-3:45 Qimiao Si (Rice U.) - “Weyl-Kondo semimetal and the design of correlation-driven electronic topology”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtlP7_Gu0iE
3:45-4:15 Coffee break
Session IV – General discussions
(Matt Foster)
4:15-4:45 David Abergel (Nature Physics) - “Inside Nature Physics”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8SlH2Sfzak
4:45-5:45 “Open discussion session I”
Boxed dinner will be provided following the discussion.
Tuesday, November 16
Coffee, light breakfast and registration (8:30am-8:45am)
Session V – Topological superconductivity I
(Chair: Leo Radzihovsky)
8:45-9:15 James A. Sauls (Northwestern U.) – “Anomalous Hall effects in chiral superfluids and superconductors”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q809hfApzKQ
9:15-9:45 Anne de Visser (U. Amsterdam, the Netherlands) – “Nematic superconductivity in topological materials”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLJrP79z2QQ
9:45-10:15 Matthew S. Foster (Rice U.) – “Spectrum-wide quantum criticality in topological, and maybe high-Tc superconductors”
Video: https://youtu.be/UETplo3FzhI
10:15-10:45 Coffee break
Session VI – Topological materials II
(Chair: Leo Radzihovsky)
10:45-11:15 Ziqiang Wang (Boston College) - "Chern Fermi pockets and chiral topological pair density wave superconductors in kagome metals"
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1GSm8c99lk
11:15-11:45 Sang-Wook Cheong (Rutgers U.) – “Magnetic Chirality”
Video:
11:45-12:00 Chunli Huang (UT Austin) - "Pseudospin paramagnons and the superconducting dome in magic angle twisted bilayer graphene”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_l563U7lbg
12:00-12:15 Blitz poster preview (1 minute per poster)
Video: (Top of the page)
12:15-2:15 Lunch and Poster Session II
Session VII – Topological superconductivity II
(Chair: Ming Yi)
2:15-2:45 Nicholas P. Butch (U. Maryland) – “Correlated topological superconductivity in UTe2”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wkr-UGpR0M
2:45-3:15 Pengcheng Dai (Rice U.) – “Resonance from antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations for
superconductivity in UTe2”
Video:
3:15-3:45 Tsz Chun Wu (Rice U.) - "Meissner and anomalous skin effect in topological superconductors due to surface states"
Video: https://youtu.be/ilA4XsiWt_0
3:45-4:15 Coffee break
Session VIII – Discussions
(Chair: Ming Yi)
4:15-5:15 “Open discussion session II”
Boxed dinner will be provided after the discussion.
Wednesday, November 17
Session IX – Topology and strong correlations II
(Chair: Pengcheng Dai)
8:45-9:15 Lu Li (U. Michigan) - "Quantum oscillations of electrical resistivity in an insulator"
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp9-UjltkVE
9:15-9:45 Steffen Wirth (Max Planck Dresden, Germany) - “Scanning tunneling spectroscopy on topological materials”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EsFDgd5vRg
9:45-10:15 Sarah E. Grefe (Los Alamos) - "Extreme topological tunability of Weyl-Kondo semimetal to Zeeman coupling"
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Fu6uI7XNY
10:15-10:45 Coffee break
Session X – Moiré bands
(Chair: Qimiao Si)
10:45-11:15 Jeanie Lau (Ohio State) - “Supercurrent in topological van der Waals materials”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikZZXMfpowQ
11:15-11:45 T. Senthil (MIT) - “Quantum magnetism of moire Chern bands”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-U6haSMlQg
11:45-1:30 Lunch
Session XI – Topological materials III
(Chair: Qimiao Si)
1:30-2:00 Stephen Wilson (UC Santa Barbara) - "Exploring intertwined charge density wave and superconducting orders in a new family of topological kagome metals: AV3Sb5 (A=K, Cs, Rb)"
2:00-2:30 Lebing Chen (Rice U.) - "Topological magnons in van der Waals honeycomb ferromagnets"
2:30-3:00 Paul C. W. Chu (U. Houston) - “The generation, the study and the retention of high-pressure-induced phases in HTS and RTS”
Safety Measures:
Nothing is more important than your health and well-being at RCQM events. Masks will be required for all indoor activities and please consider fellow attendees’ comfort levels when it comes to distancing. All in-person attendees are expected to be fullly vaccinated.
The workshop will observe all the covid-19 protocols mandated by Rice University (e.g., face masks are required indoors, food will be served in individual portions, social distancing is encouraged), and take measures according to the applicable CDC and Harris County guidelines.
Here are the evolving covid curves in
Texas: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/us/texas
Houston: https://www.tmc.edu/coronavirus-updates/daily-new-covid-19-positive-cases
and at Rice https://coronavirus.rice.edu/
Rationale and Scope:
There have been extensive recent advancements on topological materials, both in weakly correlated settings and in strongly interacting systems. Among these are discovery and exploration of new topological states of matter and their transitions to nearby quantum phases. The breadth of the field calls for interactions among the different sub-communities. This workshop aims to bring together top experts from these communities to highlight the recent achievements in each area, and to provide a forum for cross-talk among the subjects.
The workshop will revolve around the following focus areas in the overarching field of Topological Materials:
- Symmetry-protected Semimetals
- Topological States in Magnets and Superconductors
- Topological States Driven by Strong Correlations
- Strong Correlation Physics for Topology
- Tuning Topological States
- Diverse Materials and Broader Contexts
Tentative List of Sessions:
Recent developments on band topology
Topological metals driven by strong correlations
Topology in magnetic systems
Topological superconductors
Tuning topological states
Graphene moiré bands
Diverse materials
Broader contexts: from materials to information
Format:
The workshop will last for two days, incorporating 30min invited speaker slots as well as two poster sessions. Several contributed talks will be selected from submitted posters.
Organizers:
Pengcheng Dai (Rice University)
Matt Foster (Rice University)
Qimiao Si (Rice University)
Ming Yi (Rice University)
For questions on the scientific program, please contact one of the organizers.
For accommodation and other logistics questions, please contact Ginny Whitaker 713-348-2980
Photos
Hotel and Ground Transportation Information
Invited Speaker Hotel (Preferred Event Hotel)
INTERCONTINENTAL HOUSTON – MEDICAL CENTER
6750 Main Street, Houston
Texas 77030 USA
713-422-2779
Rice University will make hotel reservations at the Intercontinental for invited speakers and provide transportation from the hotel to Rice University for the workshop.
Visitor Parking
All parking on campus is accessed by credit card. Use the same credit card to exit at the end of the day. All-day parking costs $12.