
Advances in Dirac and Weyl Materials Workshop
funded, in part by,
The Institute for Materials Science at Los Alamos National Laboratory,
The Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, and
The University of North Florida
Location: Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Venue: Hampton Inn Jacksonville Beach/Oceanfront
1515 First St. N
Jacksonville Beach, Florida 32250
Dates: December 13th - 15th, 2017
We still have plenty of room for posters!
If you would like to register as an attendee, then you can still submit a poster abstract!
Important Dates
Talk and Poster Abstract Submission Open: July 1st, 2017
Talk and Poster Abstract Submission Deadline: November 3rd, 2017
Hotel Group Rate Deadline: November 12th, 2017
Registration Deadline: November 12th, 2017
This workshop will examine and discuss the recent theoretical, computational, and experimental discoveries and challenges in the area of Dirac and Weyl materials. Recent progress in the field of Dirac and Weyl materials has been taking the field of quantum materials in new directions. We now witness a rapid adoption of concepts of Dirac and Weyl materials in diverse fields of materials science and physics including semimetals, cold atoms, as well as systems hosting bosonic and magnetic excitations with nodal structures. We also see new experimental realizations of artificial Dirac and Weyl materials based on the intercalation of heterostructures. An important development in the field is the new ideas on time dynamics of quantum and Dirac materials that open up possibilities of temporal control of these materials.
The overall purpose and goal of this workshop is to bring together the researchers to share the most recent and exciting ideas and results in the rapidly evolving field of Dirac and Weyl materials.
Organizing Committee:
Jason T. Haraldsen (University of North Florida)
Alexander V. Balatsky (Los Alamos National Laboratory and NORDITA)
Workshop Associates
Trevor Cheatham (University of North Florida)
Caryll Pearlman-Blount (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Invited Speakers
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
Alexey Belyanin (Texas A&M University, USA) - Optics and plasmonics of Dirac and Weyl fermions
Gayanath Fernando (University of Connecticut, USA) - Layered structures from nanoribbons to organic salts: Symmetry breaking, transport, and topology
Madhab Neupane (University of Central Florida, USA) - Experimental realization of Weyl semimetals
Avadh Saxena (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA) - Geometry and Topological Effects in Graphene Nanoribbons and PT-Symmetric Kagome Lattices
Dmitri Maslov (University of Florida, USA) - A Fermi liquid with a (spin-orbit) twist
Sanjoy Mahatha (Aarhus University, Denmark) - Experimental 3D band structure in different phases of 1T-TaS2
James Hamlin (University of Florida, USA) - Dirac and Weyl materials at high and ultra-high pressures
More Titles to be Announced
Invited Talks will be 40 mins + 5 mins for Q and A
Contributing Speakers
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
More Speakers and Titles to be Announced
Contributing Talks will be 20 mins + 5 mins for Q and A
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
11:00 am - Check out
Registration Options
$300 - Registration Fee
$700 - Registration Fee + Lodging (4 nights at the Hampton Inn)
Registration covers three lunches and dinners are provided during the workshop
Abstract Submission Form
Registration Payment
Hotel rates for individual booking
Non-Ocean View Room - $129.00 / night
Partial Ocean View Room - $149.00 / night
Oceanfront Room - $169.00 / night
Hampton Inn Jacksonville Beach/Oceanfront
Any guests that have a State or Federal Government employee with proof of proper ID at check-in may book their reservations by calling the hotel directly at 904-241-2311 or at jacksonvillebeachoceanfront.hamptonin.com
Registration links will be provided once established. Therefore, you may submit your abstract and you will be contacted for registration at a later date.



2016 2D and Dirac Materials Workshop Group Photo
