Quantum Matter: Dynamics and Sensors

Sponsored and Hosted by the University of Connecticut, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, and the University of North Florida

December 19 – 22, 2022

Venue: Innovation Partnership Building | UConn Tech Park

Directions and Parking Information

Hotel: The Graduate @ UConn

Information on the hotel

Submit Invited Talk Abstract
Submit Poster Abstract

Invited Abstract Submission
Deadline

December 1, 2022 to be in the printed abstract booklet
December 12, 2022 to be in the pdf abstract booklet*

Registration after December 12th does not include meals.

Poster Abstract Submission
Deadline

December 1, 2022 to be in the printed abstract booklet
December 12, 2022 to be in the pdf abstract booklet*

Registration after December 12th does not include meals.

Poster Template

Registration
Deadline

December 1, 2022 to be in the printed abstract booklet
December 12, 2022 to be in the pdf abstract booklet*

Registration after December 12th does not include meals.

Participant Registration

Useful Links

Dynamic Quantum Matter
Organic Materials Database
UNF Physics Department
UNF Materials Theory
UConn Physics Department
Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics



Abstract Booklet

About the Workshop

Quantum matter and materials have grown to be an active area of modern condensed matter. Fascinating properties of quantum materials might lead to technological applications such as spintronics, quantum technologies and quantum sensors. The combination of new materials discoveries and development of new probes of quantum matter has helped shape these topics into an exciting area. Recent dynamic and pumped probe experiments reveal a strong promise of Dynamic Quantum Matter as a new research direction. We strive to measure, understand and predict transient correlations and coherences in quantum materials upon different driving conditions. Therefore, we introduce it as a new topic of this year’s quantum matter conference. We seek to have an active discussion on hidden, entangled and dynamic orders that emerge in quantum matter and the potential applications beyond it.

Main focus for this upcoming conference will be on the modeling and experimental observations of Quantum Matter. Overall, the goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers to discuss and highlight emerging topics and develop ideas for future research.

Scope: Dynamics in Quantum Matter, Dark Matter and Quantum Sensors, Correlated systems, and topics including spin transport, superconductivity, and non-equilibrium dynamics

Confirmed Speakers

Charles Ahn – Yale University

Pamir Alpay – University of Connecticut

Boris Altshuler – Columbia University

Daniel Arovas – University of California – San Diego (Remote)

Alexander Balatsky – University of Connecticut and NORDITA – Organizer

Victor Batista – Yale University

Kenneth Burch – Boston College

Paola Cappellaro – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Rodrigo Cortiñas – Yale University

Ilya Drozdov – Brookhaven National Laboratory

Benjo Fraser – Stockholm University

Andrew Geraci – Northwestern University (Remote)

Sinéad Griffin – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Jason T. Haraldsen – University of North Florida – Organizer

Menka Jain – University of Connecticut – Organizer

Yonathan Kahn – University of Illinois (Remote)

Robert Konik – Brookhaven National Laboratory

Walter Krawec – University of Connecticut

Leonid Levitov – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Daniel MaCarron – University of Connecticut

Anatoli Polkovnikov – Boston University

Lea Santos – University of Connecticut – Organizer

James Sauls – Louisiana State University – Organizer

Daniel Sheehy – Louisiana State University

Ilya Sochnikov – University of Connecticut

Boris Spivak – University of Washington

Boris Svistunov – University of Massachusetts Amherst

William Terrano – Arizonia State University

Carlos Trallero – University of Connecticut

Chandra Varma – University of California – Riverside

Ilya Vekhter – Louisiana State University

Pavel Volkov – Rutgers University

Justin H. Wilson – Louisiana State University

Qian Yang – University of Connecticut

Poster Presenters

Jorge Chávez - University of Connecticut
Patrick Keeney - University of North Florida
Wenzheng Wei - Yale University

Miguel Prado - University of Connecticut
Joseph Prescott - University of North Florida

Topical Sessions

Monday, December 19, 2022

8:00 a.m. – Registration Open and Continental Breakfast

8:45 – 9:00 a.m. – Welcome and Introduction

Session I – Quantum Sensors and Metrology I (Chair: A. Balatsky)

9:00 – 9:45 a.m. – Pamir Alpay and Nayak Sanjeev – Quantum Materials Modeling and Properties Prediction using Density Functional Theory

9:45 – 10:30 a.m. – Paola Cappellaro – Multiparameter estimation: from ultimate bounds to practical implementations

10:30 – 11:15 a.m. – William Terrano – Searches for dark matter and tests of fundamental symmetries

11:15 – 11:30 a.m. – Coffee Break

Session II – Quantum Sensors and Metrology II (Chair: M. Jain)

11:30 – 12:15 p.m. – Qian Yang – Opportunities in Machine Learning for Quantum Matter

12:15 – 1:00 p.m. – Victor Batista – Quantum Dynamics on Modular Quantum Devices

 

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Lunch Break (Provided)

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. – General Discussion

 

Session III – Quantum Sensors and Metrology I (Chair: L. Santos)

3:00 – 3:45 p.m. – Pedram Roushan (Remote) – Toward discovering novel quantum dynamics on a NISQ processor

3:45 – 4:30 p.m. – Rodrigo Cortiñas – Controlling the interference of tunneling paths in a double well-system

4:30 – 4:45 a.m. – Coffee Break

4:45 – 5:30 p.m. – Carlos Trallero – Generation and control of non-local indistinguishable XUV photons

5:30 – 6:15 p.m. – Ilya Sochnikov – Quantum Sensing for Material Research

6:15 p.m. – Break for the Day

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

8:00 a.m. – Continental Breakfast

Session IV – Quantum Matter and Dark Matter Sensing I (Chair: J.T. Haraldsen)

9:00 – 9:45 a.m. – Sinéad Griffin – Dark matter on the rocks

9:45 – 10:30 a.m. – Benjo Fraser – Dark Sound: collective modes of axionic dark matter

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. – Coffee Break

Session V – Quantum Matter and Dark Matter Sensing II – Remote (Chair: J. T. Haraldsen)

10:45 – 11:30 a.m. – Andrew Geraci (Remote) – Searching for “fifth-forces” from the QCD Axion

11:30 – 12:15 p.m. – Yonathan Kahn (Remote) – Axion wind detection with the homogeneous precession domain of superfluid helium-3

12:15 – 1:00 p.m. – James Sauls (Remote) – High Q superconducting RF cavities for axion detection

 

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Lunch Break (Provided)

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Poster Session

 

Session VI – Material and Strain Structures (Chair: J. Hancock)

3:00 – 3:45 p.m. – Charles Ahn – Coherent Imaging and Control of Antiferromagnetic Domain Dynamics

3:45 – 4:30 p.m. – Daniel Sheehy – Unruh effect and inversion of statistics in strained graphene

4:30 – 4:45 a.m. – Coffee Break

4:45 – 5:30 p.m. – Robert Konik – Post-quantum quench growth of Renyi entropies in perturbed Luttinger liquids

5:30 p.m. – Reception

6:15 p.m. – Dinner (Provided by Workshop)

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

8:00 a.m. – Continental Breakfast

Session VII – Quantum Matter I (Chair: I. Sochnikov)

9:00 – 9:45 a.m. – Chandra Varma – Quantum-criticality and superconductivity in twisted bi-layer graphene

9:45 – 10:30 a.m. – Justin H. Wilson – Measurement and feedback driven entanglement transition in the probabilistic control of chaos

10:30 – 11:15 a.m. – Boris Spivak – Debye mechanism of giant microwave absorption in superconductors

11:15 – 11:30 a.m. – Coffee Break

Session VIII – Quantum Matter II (Chair: G. Fernando)

11:30 – 12:15 p.m. – Leonid Levitov – Chiral Stoner magnetism in Dirac bands

12:15 – 1:00 p.m. – Daniel Arovas (Remote) – 

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Lunch Break (Provided)

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. – General Discussion

 

Session IX – Quantum Matter Dynamics (Chair: J.T. Haraldsen)

3:00 – 3:45 p.m. – Boris Svistunov – Supertransport by superclimbing dislocations in Helium-4: When all dimensions matter

3:45 – 4:30 p.m. – Kenneth Burch – Axial Higgs mode from quantum geometry and a charge density wave

4:30 – 4:45 a.m. – Coffee Break

4:45 – 5:30 p.m. – Jason T. Haraldsen – A-Spin: Open-source software for the analysis and understanding of spin-wave dynamics

5:30 – 6:15 p.m. – Pavel Volkov – Interacting electrons in critical polar metals

6:15 p.m. – Break for the Day

Thursday, December 22, 2022

8:00 a.m. – Continental Breakfast

Session X – Quantum Matter III (Chair: J.T. Haraldsen)

9:00 – 9:45 a.m. – Ilya Vekhter – Bound states and controllable currents on topological Insulator surfaces with extended magnetic defects

9:45 – 10:30 a.m. – Anatoli Polkovnikov – Emergence of stationary Quantum Mechanics from classical Gibbs distribution

10:30 – 11:15 a.m. – Boris Altshuler

11:15 – 11:30 a.m. – End of Conference

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. – Uconn Round Table Discussion (Chair: A. Balatsky)

Organizers

Alexander V. Balatsky (NORDITA and University of Connecticut)

Jason T. Haraldsen (University of  North Florida) – Materials Theory Group

Menka Jain (University of Connecticut)

Lea Santos (University of Connecticut)

James A Sauls (Lousiana State University)

Sponsors

We thank our sponsors for generously supporting this workshop!

University of Connecticut (UConn)

The University of North Florida (UNF)

Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA)

We are always open to new sponsors. Feel free to contact Jason T. Haraldsen (j.t.haraldsen@unf.edu)

Previous Jacksonville Beach Conferences

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(December 2016)

Dynamic Quantum Matter
(December 2018)

Dynamic Quantum Matter and Materials
(December 2020) - Virtual

Dirac and Weyl Materials
(December 2017)

Dynamic Dirac Quantum Matter
(December 2019)

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Quantum Matter and Beyond
(December 2020) - Hybrid

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