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KITP Teachers' Conference:
Teachers' Conference: What's in a crystal? - A quantum universe

Apr 1, 2023
Coordinator: Jennifer Cano and Qimiao Si

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Saturday, April 1, 2023

Time Speaker Title
9:00am Mark Bowick
(KITP, UCSB)
Introduction[Video][CC]
9:10am Qimiao Si
(Rice)
Science Intro[Video][CC]
9:25am Jennifer Cano
(Stony Brook)
What is a topological insulator?[Slides][Video][CC]
10:25am

Morning Break

10:55am N. Phuan Ong
(Princeton)
Signatures of topological physics in crystalline solids[Video][CC]
11:55am Matt Beekman
(Cal Poly)
So... what can you do with a physics degree?[Slides][Video][CC]
12:30pm

Lunch Break

2:00pm Silke Buehler-Paschen
(Vienna University of Technology)
Interplay between interactions and topology in a crystal[Video][CC]
3:00pm

Afternoon Break

3:30pm Leon Balents
(KITP, UCSB)
Quantum Spin Liquids[Video][CC]
4:30pm

Conference End