How the properties of impurities are modified by their interaction with a surrounding medium is a fundamental question across several research areas and different physical systems. Yet, a common set of ideas and technical tools can be applied to these seemingly different frameworks, the investigation of one system yielding information on another.
This conference aims to bring together leading experts in the multi-disciplinary study of impurity phenomena in a broad range of quantum systems, from ultracold atomic gases to strongly correlated electronic materials and heterostructures.
Topics
- Impurities and Polarons in Ultracold Quantum Gases
- Excitons, Polarons, and Exciton-Polaritons in 2D and Solid-State Systems
- Polaron Formation, Dynamics, and Non-Equilibrium Phenomena
- Impurities with Long-Range or Tunable Interactions
- Impurities as Quantum Probes of Many-Body Systems
- Quantum Simulation and Information Approaches to Impurity Physics
The workshop schedule will combine pedagogical and cross-disciplinary presentations with more technical ones, leaving ample time for spontaneous discussions and thus fostering new collaborations and approaches in the study of impurity problems in emerging quantum science platforms.
Speakers
C. Baroni, IQOQI Innsbruck, Austria
M. Berciu, University of British Columbia, Canada
A. Bergschneider, University of Bonn, Germany
G. Bruun, Aarhus University, Denmark
A. Camacho-Guardían, UNAM, Mexico
Cheng Chin, University of Chicago, USA
X. Cui, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
E. Demler, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
C. Eigen, University of Cambridge, UK
D. Fausti, UNITS, Italy and Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
R. Fletcher, MIT, USA
S. Finelli, LENS — European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, Italy
C. Franchini, University of Vienna, Austria and University of Bologna, Italy
D. Golež, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
A. Imamoglu, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
F. Marchetti, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
P. Massignan, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
M. Lebrat, University of Harvard and JILA, USA
R. Schmidt, Heidelberg University, Germany
S. Skipetrov, LPMMC and CNRS, France
J. Tempere, University of Antwerp, Belgium
A. Widera, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau and State Research Center OPTIMAS, Germany
Organizers
Luis Ardila (University of Trieste, Italy),
Francesco Scazza (University of Trieste, Italy),
Matteo Zaccanti (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-INO) and European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS)),
Local Organiser: Marcello Dalmonte (ICTP)