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An Advanced Working Group on Quantum Spin Dynamics (AWGQSD) will be held at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, on July 22-23, 2019 (Mon-Tue). This is intended to be a small meeting (limited to approximately 30 participants) combining a sparse programme of talks with plenty of time for discussions. It is in the tradition of a successful series of 'Advanced Working Groups'.
The 2-day meeting is aimed at stimulating a focused discussion on current topics related to quantum spin dynamics, broadly interpreted. Some of the key questions we would like to address encompass the detection / diagnostics of quantum (spin liquid?) phases via their excitation / response properties; the recent progress in experimental methods (with view to signatures of emergent quantum excitations); some of the most promising experimental techniques, including but not limited to: SQUID, pump probe, terahertz, (inelastic) neutrons, thermal transport, (anomalous) Hall effect; the usefulness and limits of (semi-)classical approaches; the scope for non-Abelian/edge state physics in insulating magnets; and the identification of model systems (both experimentally and theoretically).
These are mostly old questions but we feel recent progress has been sufficiently pronounced that it will be productive to exchange ideas at this point in time. This meeting is aimed at stimulating a focused exploratory discussion between theorists and experimentalists in these different settings, looking for possible points of contacts in the respective techniques and concepts.
There will be a handful of overview talks, as well as a limited number of short focussed presentation, to guide and supplement the discussions. If you would like to contribute a short presentation, please supply a proposed title and short abstract.
Thanks to support from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, we can cover all accommodation and subsistence expenses for the participants, and there is no registration fee for the event. However, funds for travel reimbursement are limited and if your ability to participate is strictly subject to travel support, please contact us at your earliest convenience with an estimate for the support you require so that we can see to what extent we can help.
Email contact: awgqsd@tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk
