Winter School and Workshop on spin physics and topological effects in cold atoms, condensed matter, and beyond

该奖项为自旋物理学和冷原子、凝聚态物质及其他领域的拓扑效应的冬季学校和研讨会提供支持。学校/研讨会将于2011年12月12日至17日在德克萨斯州大学城的米切尔基础物理和天文学研究所举行。主要目标是汇集凝聚态物质和冷原子物理领域的专家和年轻研究人员，专注于材料和冷原子系统中的自旋和拓扑效应。这些已成为这两个领域现代研究的重要主题。学校/工作坊将促进思想交流和交叉合作。在凝聚态物质中，电子的自旋对理解各种现象和相起着至关重要的作用。对如何操纵和控制自旋的研究导致了自旋电子学的概念，这是电子设备技术的新范式。电子自旋通过自旋轨道耦合与材料带结构拓扑的联系，导致了物质新相的发现和自旋霍尔效应、拓扑绝缘体等现象的发现。冷原子可以被捕获和操纵，可以作为材料中强相互作用电子模型的模拟器，而不会出现材料中电子的无序和其他复杂效应。冷原子系统已经超越了重建简单的控制良好的系统，其结果是预期的，并模拟了大型相干原子物理学，达到了一个新的水平，在这个水平上，物质的新状态和紧急现象可以被测试，许多身体相互作用系统的基本问题可以被解决。该奖项提供支持，使年轻的研究人员，如学生，博士后和初级教师没有外部资金的出席。PI将积极寻求招募代表性不足群体的成员参加讲习班。本次研讨会/学校的目标是汇集自旋电子学和自旋相关现象在传统凝聚态物质和冷原子方面的领先专家，以刺激这些领域的交叉受精。研讨会/学校的主题包括：旋转和反常霍尔效应；自旋转移、自旋泵和电流驱动的畴壁运动；冷原子作为量子磁性的模拟器；冷原子系统中的自旋轨道耦合；冷费米气体中的自旋不平衡；石墨烯和半导体双分子层中的赝自旋物理还有拓扑绝缘体。

This award provides support for the Winter School and Workshop on Spin Physics and Topological Effects in Cold Atoms, Condensed Matter, and Beyond. The school/workshop will be held at the Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy in College Station, Texas from December 12th to the 17th, 2011. The main ojective is to bring together both experts and younger researchers in the areas of condensed matter and cold atom physics, to focus on spin and topological effects in materials and cold atom systems. These have become important themes of modern research in both fields. The school/workshop will facilitate the exchange of ideas and cross collaborations.In condensed matter the spin of electrons plays a crucial role in the understanding of diverse phenomena and phases. The study of how to manipulate and control spin has led to the notion of spintronics, a new paradigm in electronic device technology. The link of electron spin to the topology of the band-structure of materials, through spin-orbit coupling, has given rise to the discovery of new phases of matter and other phenomena such as spin Hall Effect and topological insulators.Cold atoms, which can be trapped and manipulated, can serve as simulators of models for strongly interacting electrons in materials without disorder and other complicating effects that occur for electrons in materials. Cold atom systems have gone beyond recreating simple well controlled systems whose outcomes are expected and mimic large coherent atomic physics, to a new level in which new states of matter and emergent phenomena can be tested and fundamental questions of many body interacting systems can be addressed.This award provides support to enable the attendance of young researchers such as students, post-docs and junior faculty without external funding. The PI will actively seek to recruit members of underrepresented groups to participate in the workshop. The goal of this workshop/school is to bring together leading experts on spintronics and spin-related phenomena in conventional condensed-matter and on cold atoms to stimulate cross-fertilization of these fields.Topics of the workshop/school include: spin and anomalous Hall effect; spin transfer, spin pumping, and current-driven domain wall motion; cold atoms as simulators for quantum magnetism; spin orbit coupling in cold-atom systems; spin-imbalance in cold Fermi gases; pseudospin physics in graphene and semiconductor bilayers; and topological insulators.