2015 Theory Winter School

2015 Theory Winter School was held on January 5-9, 2015. The lectures focus on Frustrated Magnetism.

Invited Speakers

• Ian Affleck, University of British Columbia
  • Magnetism at the edges of graphene nano-ribbons
  • Diffusive transport and nuclear magnetic relaxation in 1D spin systems
• John Chalker, Oxford University
  • Emergent gauge fields and fractionalised excitations in spin ice materials I
  • Emergent gauge fields and fractionalised excitations in spin ice materials II
• Mike Hermele, University of Colorado (Boulder)
• Tyrel McQueen, Johns Hopkins University
  • Effects of disorder and charge doping in quantum and molecular magnets
• Masaki Oshikawa, ISSP, University of Tokyo
  • Theory of Electron Spin Resonance
• Achim Rosch, University of Cologne
  • Skyrmions in chiral magnets
  • Skyrmions and emergent monopoles
• Kate Ross, Johns Hopkins University
  • Experimental Pyrochlore Systems: Spin Ice, Order By Disorder, and Freezing
• Oleg Tchernyshyov, Johns Hopkins University
  • Theory of Quantum Spin Liquids (Part 1)
  • Theory of Quantum Spin Liquids (Part 2)
• Mike Zaletel, Microsoft Station Q
  • Tensor networks and topological order: ansatz for spin liquids I, finding anyons (II)
• Vivien Zapf, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Frustration and functionality