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International Seminar and Workshop on

Quantum Matter from the Nano- to the Macroscale

Seminar 18 - 22 June 2012 and 2 - 6 July 2012

Workshop 25 - 29 June 2012

Scientific Coordinators:
Julia S. Meyer (Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France)
Dirk Morr (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
Matthias Vojta (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
Thomas Vojta (Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA)

Organisation:
Mandy Lochar (MPIPKS Dresden, Germany)

Understanding the origins of the complex properties of correlated quantum materials remains a topic at the forefront of condensed matter physics. Thanks to recent experimental advances, researchers can now custom-design the nanoscale geometric and electronic structure of quantum magnets, superconductors, ultracold atomic gases, and other correlated systems. The resulting unprecedented control over their equilibrium and nonequilibrium properties has also greatly stimulated novel theoretical approaches to quantum matter. The purpose of the seminar is to bring together leading experts and young scientists in this field to discuss their latest work, thereby fostering new and continued collaborations. The seminar will feature a number of informal talks each week and leave much room for collaborative work. The emphasis of the embedded workshop will be on exchanging ideas between theory and experiment.

List of invited speakers

B.L. Altshuler (US)
M. Aprili (FR)
D. Belitz (US)
S. Bergeret (ES)
N. Birge (US)
I. Bloch (DE)
B. Büchner (DE)
A. Buzdin (FR)
A.V. Chubukov (US)
P. Coleman (US)
J.C. Davis (US)
E. Demler (US)
P. Gegenwart (DE)
D. Goldhaber-Gordon (US)
P. Guyot-Sionnest (US)
T. Hanaguri (JP)
R. Hulet* (US)
H. Jaeger* (US)
A. Kamenev (US)
J. König (DE)
K. Le Hur (FR)
H. Manoharan (US)
A.J. Millis (US)
C. Pepin (FR)
G. Refael (US)
B. Rosenow (DE)
S. Sachdev (US)
Q. Si (US)
M. Sigrist (CH)
F. Steglich (DE)
H. Takagi (JP)
N. Trivedi (US)
H. von Löhneysen (DE)
F. von Oppen (DE)
A. Yazdani (US)

Applications for participation and poster contributions are welcome and should be made by using the application form on the event's web page (please see URL below). The number of attendees is limited. The registration fee for the conference is 120 EUR and should be paid by all participants. Costs for accommodation and meals will be covered by the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems.
Limited funding is available to partially cover travel expenses. Please note that childcare is available upon request.

Deadline for registration is March 10, 2012.

For further information please e-mail to: quam12pks.mpg.de



Courtesy of J.C. Davis (Cornell Univ.)