Workshop « Topology and broken symmetries » (Utrecht)

Dear colleagues,
 

We would like to inform you of an upcoming workshop on Topological matter that we are organizing in Utrecht next July. If you are interested to participate, you can register at the website below. We also welcome proposals for both oral presentations and posters.

 

Title: Topology and broken symmetries: from driven quantum matter to active metamaterials


Website and registration:
Location and date:
Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 1st to 3rd, 2019
Over the last few years, there has been an explosion of activity in the fields of topological matter, active matter and designer matter. Concepts of symmetries and topology have been found as essential guiding principles to capture the emergence of new phases of matter such as frustration-free disorder, protected edge modes or non-reciprocal transport. All of these remain elusive, however, for far-from-equilibrium systems. This workshop aims at bringing together a broad group of scientists from the quantum and the classical worlds to identify the unifying concepts for the understanding of emergent electronic, mechanical, acoustic and electromagnetic properties of driven/active materials and metamaterials.

Organizers:
Jácome Armas (University of Amsterdam)
Corentin Coulais (University of Amsterdam)
Romain Fleury (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Jasper van Wezel (University of Amsterdam)