Advances in Dirac and Weyl Materials Workshop

Alexander Balatsky (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA and NORDITA, Sweden) - Overview of Dirac and Weyl Materials

Jason Haraldsen (University of North Florida, USA) - Evolution of magnetic Dirac bosons in a honeycomb lattice

R. Matthias Geilhufe (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, Sweden) - Symmetry analysis of odd- and even-frequency superconducting gap symmetries for time-reversal symmetric interactions

Anton Burkov (University of Waterloo, Canada) - Transport in topological metals

Jose Mendoza-Cortes (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory/Florida State University, USA) - Dirac cone in two dimensional bilayer graphene by intercalation of transition metals

Shi Ming (Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland) - Distinct evolutions of Weyl fermions and Fermi arcs in Weyl semi-metals

Yoonseok Lee (University of Florida, USA) - Excitations in topological superfluid 3He 

Jed Pixley (Rutgers University, USA) - The effects of short range disorder on semimetallicity and topology in Weyl materials

Yuanchen Deng (North Carolina State University, USA) - Observation of zone folding induced acoustic topological insulators and the role of spin-mixing defects

Yasufumi Araki (Tohoku University, Japan) - Skyrmion-induced anomalous Hall conductivity on topological insulator surfaces

Timo Schumann (University of California Santa Barbara, USA) - Observation of the quantum Hall effect in confined films of the three-dimensional Dirac semimetal Cd3As2

Alexander Zyuzin (Aalto University, Finland) - Anomalous transport properties of titled Weyl semimetals

Laura Classen (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA) - Fluctuation-induced second-order transition and quantum criticality in Dirac semimetals

Charlotte Sanders (Aarhus University, Denmark) - Toward practical realization of valley control in single-layer transition metal dichalcogenides

Xiang Hu (College of William and Mary, USA) - Proximity induced superconductivity on the surface of nodal line Weyl semimetals

Maitri Warusawithana (University of North Florida, USA) - Interfaces to Mott complex oxides - Opportunity for band engineering

Tentative Workshop Schedule

Tuesday, December 12

5:00 – 7:00 p.m. - Registration at Hotel Lobby

Wednesday, December 13

8:00 – Registration in Lobby

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

Session I (Chair: Jason Haraldsen) – White Sands Room

9:00 – 9:45 a.m. – Alexander Balatsky – Dirac and nodal matter: status and perspectives

9:45 – 10:30 a.m. – James Hamlin – Dirac and Weyl materials at high and ultra-high pressures

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. – Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:30 a.m. – Alexey Belyanin – Optics and plasmonics of Dirac and Weyl fermions

11:30 – 11:55 a.m. – Laura Classen – Fluctuation-induced second-order transition and quantum criticality in Dirac semimetals

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch – Outside Patio

1:00 – 4:00 p.m. – Open Time

Session II (Chair: Madhab Neupane) – White Sands Room

4:00 – 4:45 p.m. – Jason T. Haraldsen – Evolution of magnetic Dirac bosons in a honeycomb lattice

4:45 – 5:30 p.m. – Jose Mendoza-Cortes – Dirac Cone in two dimensional bilayer graphene by intercalation of transition metals

5:30 – 5:55 p.m. – Charlotte Sanders – Toward Practical Realization of Valley Control in Single-layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Dinner/Reception – Outside Patio

Thursday, December 14

Session III (Chair: Alexander Balatsky) – White Sands Room

9:00 – 9:45 a.m. – Ming Shi – Distinct Evolutions of Weyl fermions and Fermi Arcs in Weyl Semi-metals

9:45 – 10:30 a.m. – Madhab Neupane – Experimental realization of Weyl semimetals

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. – Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:30 a.m. – Dmitrii Maslov – A Fermi liquid with a (spin-orbit) twist

11:30 – 11:55 a.m. – Timo Schumann – Observation of the quantum Hall effect in confined films of the three-dimensional Dirac semimetal Cd₃As₂

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch – Outside Patio

1:00 – 4:00 p.m. – Open Time

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Tour of Physics Department and the Materials Science and Engineering Research Facility at the University of North Florida – Optional

Session IV (Chair: Ming Shi) – White Sands Room

4:00 – 4:45 p.m. – Avadh Saxena – Geometry and Topology Effects in Graphene Nanoribbons and PT-Symmetric Kagome Lattices

4:45 – 5:10 p.m. – Alexander Zyuzin – Anomalous transport properties of tilted Weyl semimetals

5:10 – 5:35 p.m. – Xiang Hu – Proximity induced superconductivity on the surface of nodal line Weyl semimetals

5:35 – 6:00 p.m. – Jed Pixley – The effects of short-range disorder on semimetallicity and topology in Weyl materials

6:00 – 7:30 p.m. – Dinner – Outside Patio

Session V (Open Session) – White Sands Room

7:30 – 9:00 p.m. – Poster Session

UNF Popscope Astronomy Observation on the beach – Dr. Jack Hewitt (UNF)

Friday, December 15

Session VI (Chair: Jose Mendoza-Cortes) – White Sands Room

9:00 – 9:45 a.m. – Anton Burkov – Transport in topological metals

9:45 – 10:30 a.m. – R. Matthias Geilufe – Symmetry analysis of odd- and even-frequency superconducting gap symmetries for time-reversal symmetric interactions

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. – Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:30 a.m. – Gayanath Fernando – Layered structures from nanoribbons to organic salts: Symmetry breaking, transport and topology

11:30 – 11:55 a.m. – Yasufumi Araki – Skyrmion-induced anomalous Hall conductivity on topological insulator surfaces

11:55 – 12:20 p.m. – Maitri Warusawithana – Interfaces to Mott complex oxide - Opportunity for band engineering

12:20 – 1:20 p.m. – Lunch Break – Outside Patio

1:20 – 4:00 p.m. – Open Time

Session VII (Chair: Matthias Geilufe) – White Sands Room

4:00 – 4:45 p.m. – Yoonseok Lee – Excitations in Topological Superfluid 3He

4:45 – 5:30 p.m. – Sanjoy Mahatha – Experimental 3D band structure in different phases of 1T-TaS₂

5:30 – 5:55 p.m. – Yuanchen Deng – Observation of zone folding induced acoustic topological insulators and the role of spin-mixing defects

6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Dinner – Outside Patio

Saturday, December 16

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