Support for the Low Energy Electrodynamics in Solids Conference 2021

摘要：本提案旨在支持研究生和年轻博士后参加将于6月27日至7月2日在缅因州波特兰威斯汀举行的2021年固体低能电动力学（LEES）国际会议。会议的目的是提供一个论坛，交流思想，新概念，和未发表的跨学科研究成果，在固体和异域凝聚相低能电动力学。专注于量子材料电动力学的广泛理论和实验技术的专家将与崭露头角的初级研究人员一起参加。该计划的组织允许一系列的互动和讨论，以及初级参与者分享他们的工作的机会。15位受邀演讲者是研究生、博士后或新教员。组织者正在做出重大努力，让代表性不足的群体成员参与其中，包括为儿童保育提供支持，使组织委员会和演讲者多样化（10名受邀演讲者是女性，3名是拉丁裔）。技术摘要：在科学方面，将重点关注量子材料的电子和磁性及其在未来技术中的应用。讨论将包括理论和实验方法，包括：宽带，时间分辨和近场光学和光发射光谱，核磁共振，非弹性中子/ x射线散射和扫描隧道显微镜。召开这样一个会议，重点是协调前所未有的创造、探测和控制物质的拓扑和相关状态的能力，是非常及时的。事实上，量子材料的许多独特状态都是由磁性、晶格和电子性质的纠缠造成的。因此，没有任何一种技术可以解开它们的起源，更不用说控制它们以用于未来的尖端设备。这次会议将汇集广泛的学科，并将重点放在理论和实验方法上。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Nontechnical Abstract:This proposal seeks support for the participation of graduate students and young postdocs in the 2021 Low Energy Electrodynamics in Solids (LEES) international conference, June 27th to July 2nd, at the Westin in Portland, Maine. The objective of the conference is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas, novel concepts, and unpublished results in the interdisciplinary research on low-energy electrodynamics in solids and in exotic condensed phases. Experts in a wide range of theoretical and experimental techniques focused on the electrodynamics of quantum materials will join with up and coming junior researchers. The program is organized to allow for a range of interactions and discussions, as well as opportunities for junior participants to share their work. Fifteen invited speakers are graduate students, postdocs or new faculty. The organizers are making significant efforts to have participation from members of underrepresented groups including providing support for child care, diversifying the organizing committees and speakers (ten invited speakers are women, three are LatinX).Technical Abstract:Scientifically, there will be an emphasis on the electronic and magnetic properties of quantum materials and their applications for future technologies. Discussion will encompass both theoretical and experimental methods including: broadband, time-resolved and near-field optical and photoemission spectroscopies, nuclear magnetic resonance, inelastic neutron/X-ray scattering, and scanning tunneling microscopy. It is highly timely to hold such a conference with a focus on coordinating the unprecedented ability to create, probe and control topological and correlated states of matter. Indeed, many of the unique states of quantum materials result from the entanglement of magnetic, lattice, and electronic properties. As such no single technique can unravel their origins, let alone control them for future incorporation into cutting edge devices. This conference will bring together a wide range of disciplines and focus on both theoretical and experimental methods.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.