Oxford Symposium on Quantum Materials 2017
Somerville College, 28 April 2017
Novel Theoretical and Experimental Approaches to Quantum Materials
8.40-9.00 am Registration and coffee, posters displayed
9.00-9.10 Paolo Radaelli , Oxford Physics
Welcome and updates on Oxford Quantum Materials
1. Experimental advances in quantum matter'
9.10-9.40 Ali Yazdani, Princeton University
Spotting the elusive Majorana under the microscope
9.40-10:00 Thorsten Hesjedal, Oxford Physics
Manipulation of Skyrmion Motion by Magnetic Field Gradients
10.00-10.20 Andrew Goodwin, Oxford Chemistry
Structural analogues of unconventional electronic and magnetic states
10.20-10:40 Coffee break
2. Theory: analytical and first-principle methods
10.40-11:10 Andrey Chubukov, Minnesota University
Interplay between superconductivity, magnetism, and nematic order in Fe-pnictides/chalcogenides
11:10-11:25 Carla Verdi, Oxford Materials
First-principles Frohlich electron-phonon coupling and polarons in anatase TiO2
11.25-11.55 Fernando de Juan, Oxford Physics
Quantized circular photogalvanic effect in Weyl semimetals.
11.55-12:15 Frank Kruger, UCL/ISIS
Topological Excitations and Bound States in a Quantum Dimer Antiferromagnet
12.15-2pm Lunch and Posters
GROUP PHOTO
3. Topological Aspects of Quantum Matter
2.00-2.30 Sang-Wook Cheong, Rutgers University
Topological Vortex Domains in Quantum Materials
2.30-2.45 Vincent Sacksteder, Royal Holloway
Tuning Quantum Transport and Interference in Topological Nanowires
2.45-3.00 Niels Schroter, Oxford Physics
Observation of Topological Surface States and Strong Electron/hole Imbalance in an Extreme Magnetoresistance Semimetal
3:00-3:15 Elliot Christou, University College London
Fluctuation enhanced topological Mott insulators
4. Magnetism
3.15-3.30 Marein Rahn, Oxford Physics
Spin dynamics in the antiferromagnetic phases of Dirac metals AMnBi2 (A = Sr, Ca)
3.30-3.45 Francis Pratt, ISIS/RAL
Quantum Spin Liquid Properties of a Hyperhoneycomb Lattice
3.45-4:00 Kun Cao, Oxford Materials
Linear response density functional theory calculations of spin fluctuations with plane-waves and pseudopotentials
4.00-4.20pm Coffee break
5. Electronic structure and Superconductivity
4.20-4.40 Sven Friedemann, Bristol University
Fermi surface studies at the Mott transition in NiS2
4.40-4.55 Pascal Reiss, Oxford Physics
Pressure Dependence of the Fermi Surface of the Nematic Superconductor FeSe1-xSx (x=0.11)
4.55-5.10 Luke Rhodes, Diamond/Royal Holloway
Strongly enhanced temperature dependence of the chemical potential in FeSe
5.10-5.25 Daniel Woodruff, Oxford Chemistry
Soft Chemistry of Iron Selenide Based Superconductors
5.25-5.40 Craig V. Topping, Oxford Physics
Coexistence of Magnetism and Superconductivity in Separate Layers of Iron-Based Superconductor Li1-xFex(OH)Fe1-ySe
5.40-6:00 Andy Schofield, Birmingham University
Quantum Multicriticality - The Ferromagnetic and Antiferromagnetic Case
6:00-6.10pm Closing remarks and collection of posters