School and Conference on

Quantum Disordered Systems

Lecturers and Topics Conference speakers
Feb 24 - 29 (School),Mar 1 - 3 (Conference),2016
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai

Quantum Disordered Systems School and Conference



School

A new entrant to the field of quantum disordered systems is faced with the formidable task of learning several advanced techniques and ideas, ranging from effective field theories, renormalization group methods, large-N methods, etc., to numerical tools like Monte-Carlo and exact diagonalization.

In addition, one must get acquainted with the wide array of cutting edge experiments in the field — a tall order in itself.This challenge is all the more difficult as this material is typically not covered in graduate courses.

This school will serve to fill this gap: internationally recognized researchers who are leaders in the field of quantum disordered systems will lecture on a wide range of topics.

Topics covered

Conference

A large number of Indian research groups work on problems related to quantum disordered systems, within the broad framework of condensed matter physics.This conference aims to bring them together under one roof to discuss their latest research and to further and foster collaborations in this growing field.

Early researchers - graduate students and postdoctoral researchers — will gain exposure to the cutting edge developments in India in this fascinating field. In addition, they will have opportunities to present their results through a poster session.

List of speakers

Lecturers and Topics



Phases and Phase transitions in Disordered Quantum Systems

Thomas Vojta

Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA

Outline and References

Numerical Approaches to Anderson Transitions and Other Allied Problems

Ferdinand Evers

Universität Regensburg, Germany

Symmetry Classification and Field Theories for Disordered Systems

Alexander Altland

University of Cologne, Germany

Outline Notes

Fermions in Disordered Environments

Vijay Shenoy

Indian Institute of Science, India

Many Body Localization

Siddharth Parameswaran

University of California, Irvine, USA

References Lecture 1

Quantum Ferromagnets and Disorder

Dietrich Belitz

University of Oregon, USA

Slides

Conference speakers



Amit Dutta

IIT Kanpur

Amit Ghosal

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

Arti Garg

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics


Arnab Sen

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science


Arul Lakshminarayan

IIT Madras

Kedar Damle*

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Krishnendu Sengupta

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Mukul Laad

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences

N.S. Vidhyadhiraja

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

P S Anil Kumar*

Indian Institute of Science

Pinaki Majumdar*

Harish-Chandra Research Institute


Pratap Raychaudhuri

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Prosenjit Haldar

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences

R. Nirmala

IIT Madras

Satyajit Banerjee

IIT Kanpur

Subroto Mukerjee

Indian Institute of Science

Sudhansu Mandal

IIT Kharagpur

Surjeet Singh

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune

Thomas Vojta

Missouri University of Science and Technology

T. V. Ramakrishnan

Banaras Hindu University

Uma Divakaran

Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences

Venkatesh Pai

Harish-Chandra Research Institute

Vikram Tripathi*

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Yogesh Singh

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali

 

*indicates to be confirmed

Schedule

School

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Conference

Registration details

Applications are now closed! Confirmed participants will be informed by email.

Who can apply:

The school is open to students, post-doctoral fellows and early researchers with a strong background in quantum mechanics and basic familiarity with the language of quantum field theory. We encourage the participants of the school to stay on for the conference as well.

Travel and Accommodation:

Boarding and lodging will be provided. Participants of the school will be reimbursed 2nd AC return train fare.



Organizing Institute and Sponsors




Venue


Institute of Mathematical Sciences
  • IV Cross Road, CIT Campus,Taramani
  • rnarayanan@iitm.ac.in , ganesh@imsc.res.in
  • (+91) 98841 81981
Organizing committee member details
  • R. Ganesh (IMSc, Chennai)
  • Rajesh Narayanan, (IIT-Madras, Chennai)
  • Prabuddha Chakraborty, (ISI Chennai)
  • Gautam Menon, (IMSc, Chennai)

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GETTING TO IMSc USING PUBLIC BUS

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