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Superconductivity

Gordon Research Conference

Interactions, Topology and Applications

April 30 - May 5, 2023
Chairs Joerg Schmalian and Stuart Brown
Vice Chairs Hong Ding and Dung-Hai Lee
Les Diablerets Conference Center
Eurotel Victoria
Les Diablerets, Vaud (fr), Switzerland
 Venue and Travel Information

Conference Description

The Superconductivity GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.

On the weekend prior to the conference, the associated Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Superconductivity, organized by Gael Grissonanche and Kousuke Ishida, will bring together young scientists to share their results, ideas and experiences.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Superconductivity" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Low Density Superconductors
Discussion Leader: Kamran Behnia (CNRS, France)
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:55 pm - 8:15 pm
Susanne Stemmer (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States)
"Polar Instabilities and Superconductivity"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:45 pm
Andrew Millis (Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation, United States)
"Theory of Superconductivity in Low Carrier Density Electron-phonon-coupled Systems: from BCS to Bipolarons"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm
Yasuhide Tomioka (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology, Japan)
"Superconductivity Enhancement in Electron-doped Mixed Titanates"
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Two-Dimensional Superconductors
Discussion Leader: Eva Andrei (Rutgers University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Philip Kim (Harvard University, United States)
"Spontaneous Time Reversal Symmetry Breaking and Josephson Diode Effect at Twisted Cuprate Interface"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Oskar Vafek (National Magnet Lab and Florida State University, United States)
"Electronic States of Graphene Bilayers at Low Temperature"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
Ali Yazdani (Princeton University, United States)
"Visualizing Electronic Correlations in Superconducting Magic Angle Graphene"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
Jianfeng Ge (Leiden University, Netherlands Antilles)
"Imaging Putative Majorana Modes and Quasiparticle Poisoning in Superconducting Vortices"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
Geng Li (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"Observation of Large-Scale, Ordered and Tunable Majorana Zero Mode Lattice in LiFeAs"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Group Photo / Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Priscila Rosa (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States) and Vidya Madhavan (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Pairing with Momentum
Discussion Leader: Bernhard Keimer (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 6:35 pm
J.C. Seamus Davis (University of Oxford, United Kingdom / University College Cork / Cornell University, USA , United Kingdom)
"Circumambient Pair Density Waves"
6:35 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm
Vidya Madhavan (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
"Discovery of a Magnetic Field Sensitive Charge Density Wave in the Heavy Fermion Superconductor UTe2"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:35 pm
Ronny Thomale (Julius-Maximilian University Würzburg, Germany)
"Pair Density Wave Instability in the Kagome Hubbard Model"
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Multicomponent Superconductors
Discussion Leader: Aline Ramires (Paul Scherrer Insitute, Switzerland)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Daniel Agterberg (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, United States)
"Anomalous Pseudospin and Superconductivity in CeRh2As2"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Elena Hassinger (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
"Interplay of Different Phases in the Two-phase Superconductor CeRh2As2"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
Priscila Rosa (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States)
"Is UTe2 a Multicomponent Odd-parity Superconductor?"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
Clifford Hicks (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
"Is Sr2RuO4 a Multi-component Superconductor?"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
Hae-Young Kee (University of Toronto, Canada)
"Pairings in Correlated Multiorbital Systems with Spin-Orbit Coupling"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Superconducting Applications
Discussion Leader: Gregory Boebinger (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 6:35 pm
David Larbalestier (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, United States)
"Materials Challenges for High Field Cuprate Superconducting Magnets"
6:35 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm
Tabea Arndt (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
"Large Scale Superconducting Applications - Status and Prospects"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:35 pm
David Divincenzo (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany)
"The Many-Body Physics of Superconducting Quantum Computers"
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Superconductivity and Quantum Criticality
Discussion Leader: Antoine Georges (Collège de France, France / CCQ, Flatiron Institute, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Subir Sachdev (Harvard University, United States)
"A Model of the Cuprates: From the Pseudogap Metal to D-Wave Superconductivity and Charge Order"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Steven Kivelson (Stanford University, United States)
"Thoughts on Superconductivity in the Hubbard Model and the role of Quantum Critical Phenomena in the Cuprates"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
Andrey Chubukov (University of Minnesota, United States)
"Pseudogap Near a Quantum Critical Point"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
Dirk Van Der Marel (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
"Spectroscopic Properties Across the Superconducting Dome"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
Louis Taillefer (Institut quantique, Université de Sherbrooke & CIFAR, Canada)
"Planckian Dissipation in Cuprates"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Topological Superconductivity
Discussion Leader: Carlo Beenakker (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 6:35 pm
Yoichi Ando (University of Cologne, Germany)
"Topological Superconductivity derived from Topological Insulators"
6:35 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm
Erez Berg (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Chiral States in Novel Two-dimensional Superconductors"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:35 pm
Ashvin Vishwanath (Harvard University, United States)
"Superconductivity in Twisted Cuprates and Beyond"
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Superconducting Materials
Discussion Leader: Paul Canfield (Ames Laboratory/Iows State University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Stephen Wilson (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States)
"Charge Density Wave Order and Superconductivity in the AV3Sb5 Class of Kagome Superconductors"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Rafael Fernandes (University of Minnesota, United States)
"Superconductivity and Complex Charge-density Waves in Kagome Metals"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
Andrew Mackenzie (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Germany)
"Uniaxial Pressure Investigations of the order Paramater of Sr2RuO4"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
Amalia Coldea (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Quantum Oscillations Probing the High-Pressure Phase of Superconducting Iron-Chalcogenides, FeSe1-xSx"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
Ariando Ariando (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
"Dimensionality and Rotational Symmetry Breaking of Superconductivity in Square-planar Layered Nickelates"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Hydride Superconductivity
Discussion Leader: Peter Hirschfeld (University of Florida, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 6:35 pm
Mikhail Eremets (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany)
"Recent Achievements in High Temperature Conventional Superconductivity"
6:35 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm
Eva Zurek (University at Buffalo, SUNY, United States)
"Theoretical Design of Light-Element Superconductors"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:35 pm
James Hamlin (University of Florida, United States)
"Pathways to Metastability in High-Pressure Superconducting Phases"
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure

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