Time |
Speaker |
Title |
9/20, 1:00 p.m. |
All |
Organizational Meeting |
9/20, 1:30 p.m. |
Marty Einhorn
KITP Deputy Director |
What's a Wiki Good For?[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
9/20, 2:00 p.m. |
Charlie Kane
Univ. Penn & KITP |
Introduction to Topological Insulators[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
9/21, 10:00 a.m. |
Zahid Hasan
Princeton |
Topological Insulators: Experiments[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
9/22, 10:00 a.m. |
Nigel Cooper
Univ. of Cambridge & KITP |
Topological Bandstructures for Ultracold Atoms[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
9/28, 10:00 a.m. |
Andreas Ludwig
UCSB & KITP |
Classification of Topological Insulators and Superconductors: The 'Ten-Fold Way', Responses, and Quantum Anomalies[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
9/29, 10:00 a.m. |
Joel Moore
UC Berkeley & KITP |
Axion Electrodynamics in Solids and Topological Field Theories for TIs[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
9/30, 1:00 p.m. |
Congjun Wu
UCSD & KITP |
Isotropic Landau Levels of Relativistic and Non-Relativistic Fermions in 3D Flat Space[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
9/30, 1:00 p.m. |
Ewelina Hankiewicz
Univ. Wuerzburg & KITP |
Transport in 3D TIs: Bulk versus Surface Contributions[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
9/30, 1:00 p.m. |
Fuchun Zhang
HKU & KITP |
Chiral P-wave Superconductivity in Mesoscopic Systems[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/03, 12:15 p.m. |
Xiaoliang Qi
Stanford & KITP |
To See A Knot In A Grain Of Sand -- The Story Of Topological States[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
KITP Blackboard Lunch |
10/04, 2:00 p.m. |
Nitin Samarth
Penn State |
The Superconducting Proximity Effect in Mesoscopic Bi2Se3 Channels: Possible Evidence for Surface Transport and Vortices[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/05, 12:00 p.m. |
Akira Furusaki
RIKEN & KITP |
Discussion: Anderson Localization and Delocalization in 2D Electron Systems with Strong Spin-orbit Interaction[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/05, 12:40 p.m. |
Shun-Qing Shen
HKU & KITP |
Discussion: Surface-edge State and Half Quantized Anomalous Hall Effect in Topological Insulator[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/05, 13:20 p.m. |
Jens Bardarson
UCB & KITP |
Discussion: Quantum transport and Absence of Anderson Localization in Strong and Weak Topological Insulators[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/06, 2:00 p.m. |
Naoto Nagaosa
Univ. of Tokyo & KITP |
Theoretical Design of Topological Materials[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/07, 1:00 p.m. |
Joseph Maciejko
Princeton & KITP |
Discussion: Parton Models of 3D Fractional Topological Insulators[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/07, 1:00 p.m. |
Maissam Barkeshli
Stanford & KITP |
Discussion: Dissipationless Phonon Hall Viscosity[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/11, 2:00 p.m. |
N. Peter Armitage
Johns Hopkins University |
Low Frequency Electrodynamic Response of Topological Insulator Surface States and Their Superconducting Bilayers[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/13, 10:00 a.m. |
Matthew Hastings
UCSB |
An Exotic Quantum Critical Point in a Bose-Hubbard Model[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/14, 1:00 p.m. |
Victor Gurarie
Univ. of Colorado & KITP |
From the Topological Invariants to the Characterization of Edge States of Topological Insulators[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/14, 1:00 p.m. |
Christopher Mudry
Paul Scherrer Inst. & KITP |
Fractional Topological Insulators[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/14, 1:00 p.m. |
Masaki Oshikawa
Univ. of Tokyo & KITP |
Axionic Instability in Topological Magnetic Insulators[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/14, 1:00 p.m. |
Joseph Avron
Technion & KITP |
Geometric Aspects of Adiabatic Quantum Response in Open Systems[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/19, 10:00 a.m. |
Hans Hansson
Stockholm Univ. & KITP |
Topological Field Theory for p-wave Superconductors[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/20, 10:00 a.m. |
Laurens Molenkamp
Univ. Wuerzburg |
Dirac Fermions in HgTe Quantum Wells[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/21, 1:30 p.m. |
Alexei Kitaev
Caltech & KITP |
Toward Topological Classification of Phases with Short-range Entanglement[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/25, 2:00 p.m. |
John Saunders
Royal Holloway University of London & KITP |
Experiments on Superfluid Helium-three Confined in Controlled Nanofabricated Geometries: Model Systems of Topological Quantum Matter[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/26, 10:00 a.m. |
Shuichi Murakami
Tokyo Inst. |
Berry curvature and Hall Effect of Magnons in Insulating Ferromagnets[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/26, 2:00 p.m. |
Tarun Grover
UC Berkeley & KITP |
Topological Entanglement Entropy in Higher Dimensions[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/27, 10:00 a.m. |
Fakher Assaad
Institute for Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics & KITP |
Phase Diagram of the Kane-Mele Hubbard Model: Quantum Monte Carlo Studies[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/27, 10:00 a.m. |
Netanel Lindner
California Institute of Technology |
Light Induced Topological Phenomena[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/28, 1:30 p.m. |
Pavel Ostrovsky
Karlsruhe Inst. & KITP |
Localization of Dirac Fermions and Metal-insulator Transition in Chiral Systems[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10/28, 1:30 p.m. |
Liang Jiang
Caltech & KITP |
Interface between Topological and Superconducting Qubits[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/01, 2:00 p.m. |
Ali Yazdani
Princeton |
Visualizing Helical Metals on Topological Insulators[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/02, 10:00 a.m. |
Shoucheng Zhang
Stanford & KITP |
Interacting Topological Insulators[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/03, 10:00 a.m. |
Yasuhiro Hatsugai
Univ. Tsukuba & KITP |
Quantized Berry Phases for Characterization of Short Range Entangled States in d-dimensions[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/03, 10:00 a.m. |
Milica Milovanovic
Inst. of Physics & KITP |
Topological Phases on Honeycomb Bilayer[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/03, 10:00 a.m. |
Arun Paramekanti
Univ. Toronto & KITP |
Staggered Current Mott Insulator of Kinetically Frustrated Bosons[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/08, 1:30 p.m. |
Dimitrie Culcer
University of Science and Technology of China & KITP |
Anomalous Hall Response of Topological Insulators[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/08, 1:30 p.m. |
Shigeki Onoda
RIKEN & KITP |
Chain of Majorana Fermions Along a Magnetic Domain Wall on the Surface of Superconducting Topological Insulators[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/08, 1:30 p.m. |
Kai Sun
Univ. Maryland & KITP |
Zero-energy Edge Modes, Emergent Conformal Symmetry, and Elastic Holography[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/09, 10:00 a.m. |
Leon Balents
UCSB |
Topological Nodal Semimetals[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/10, 10:00 a.m. |
Alexander Mirlin
Karlsruhe Tech. & KITP |
Electron Transport in Topological Insulators: Disorder, Interaction and Quantum Criticality[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/11, 1:00 p.m. |
Zhenghan Wang
Microsoft - Station Q |
(3+1)-TQFTs and Topological Insulators[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/15, 2:00 p.m. |
Markus König
Stanford |
Local Probing of the Quantum Spin Hall edge states[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/16, 10:00 a.m. |
Liang Fu
Harvard & KITP |
From Odd-Parity Pairing to Topological Superconductivity[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/17, 10:00 a.m. |
Suk Bum Chung
Stanford & KITP |
How to get Majorana fermions: candidate material and detection[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/17, 10:00 a.m. |
Chaoxing Liu
Univ. Wuerzburg & KITP |
Half quantum spin Hall effect on the surface of weak topological insulators[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/17, 10:00 a.m. |
Andreas Schnyder
MPI & KITP |
Classification of topological surface states in nodal noncentrosymmetric superconductors[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/18, 1:15 p.m. |
Sankar Das Sarma
Univ. of Maryland |
Topological insulators and graphene: how puddles couple them into an unholy alliance[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/18, 1:15 p.m. |
Roman Lutchyn
Microsoft - Station Q |
The search for elusive Majorana particles in semiconductor-superconductor structures[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/28, 1:30 p.m. |
Marcel Franz
UBC & KITP |
Majorana Fermions in Proximity-coupled Topological Insulator Nanowires[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/29, 10:00 a.m. |
Yuval Oreg
Weizmann Inst. & KITP |
Majorana Fermions in Wire Networks[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/29, 10:00 a.m. |
Anton Akhmerov
Leiden Univ. & KITP |
Scattering Theory of Topological Insulators and Superconductors[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/30, 10:00 a.m. |
Ashvin Vishwanath
UCB & KITP |
Wavefunctions, Entanglement and Surface States of Topological Insulators and Semimetals[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/30, 1:00 p.m. |
Masatoshi Sato
Univ. Tokyo & KITP |
Non-Abelian Topological Phases in Superconducting States[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/30, 1:00 p.m. |
Zhengcheng Gu
KITP |
Symmetry Protected Topological Order in Interacting Boson/Fermion Systems[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11/30, 1:00 p.m. |
Jeffrey Teo
UIUC & KITP |
From Luttinger Liquid to Non-Abelian Quantum Hall States[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
TBA |
12/01, 10:00 a.m. |
Ady Stern
Weizmann Inst. & KITP |
Exactly Solvable Models for Fractional Topological Insulators[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/06, 10:00 a.m. |
Victor Galitski
Univ. Maryland & KITP |
Dual Approach to Non-equilibrium Quantum Mechanics and Topological Dynamical Systems[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/07, 10:00 a.m. |
Michael Stone
UIUC & KITP |
Index Theorems: Why They Work, and Why Sometimes They Don't[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/07, 1:00 p.m. |
Zhong Fang
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science & KITP |
Topological Insulators and Topological Semi-metals[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/07, 1:00 p.m. |
Ken-Ichiro Imura
Hiroshima Univ. & KITP |
Spin Berry Phase in Topological Insulators and Weyl Semimetals[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/08, 10:00 a.m. |
Chetan Nayak
Microsoft - Station Q |
Non-Abelian Anyons in 3D[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/08, 1:00 p.m. |
Ying Ran
Boston College & KITP |
Fractional Chern/Topological Insulators and Their Possible Realizations[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/08, 1:00 p.m. |
Rahul Roy
Univ. Oxford & KITP |
Topological Adiabatic Cycles[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/08, 1:00 p.m. |
Zohar Ringel
Weizmann Inst. & KITP |
The Strong Side of Weak Topological Insulators[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/09, 10:00 a.m. |
Markus Buttiker
Univ. Geneva & KITP |
Scattering Theory of Chiral Majorana Interferometers[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/09, 10:00 a.m. |
Maria Hermanns
Princeton Univ. & KITP |
Entanglement Spectra in FQH States[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/12, 4:00 p.m. |
Xiaoliang Qi
Stanford & KITP |
Topological Nematic States and Non-Abelian Lattice Dislocations[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/13, 10:00 a.m. |
Rui-Rui Du
Rice |
InAs/GaSb: A New Quantum Spin Hall Insulator[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/14, 10:00 a.m. |
Yong Baek Kim
Univ. of Toronto & KITP |
Topological Phases in Iridates[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/14, 1:00 p.m. |
Catherine Kallin
McMaster Univ. & KITP |
Anomalous Hall Effect in a Multiband Chiral Superconductor[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/14, 1:00 p.m. |
Xi Dai
Chinese Acadeny & KITP |
Mott Physics in Multi-Band Hubbard Model with Strong Spin Orbit Interaction[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/14, 1:00 p.m. |
Eun-Ah Kim
Cornell & KITP |
Complete Symmetry Based Classification of Topological Phases in Two Space Dimension[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12/15, 10:00 a.m. |
David Goldhaber-Gordon
Stanford |
Superconducting Contacts to Topological Insulators: Experimental Transport Results[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |