Young investigators online workshop on Topology and Superconductivity in Strongly Correlated f-electron Materials

The meeting aims to bring together in a fully online format scientists working on topological aspects in heavy fermion-like materials, including topological Kondo insulators, quantum critical phenomena and unconventional superconductivity. The workshop is organised mostly by American and European scientists, the latter including those interested in the COST Action superqumap, and it is completely open to all experts in the field.

Our current knowledge of the nature of unconventional superconductivity in heavy fermion-like materials and its relationship to topological and Weyl superconductivity is fairly limited. A prime example is the superconducting state in UTe2 triggering a flurry of activity in the past few years. This U based layered material presents amazing superconducting properties and challenges our hitherto understanding of superconductivity in f-electron materials. In a short amount of time, it has grown to be one of the most remarkable heavy fermion superconductors. It is of course not the only compound which has attracted recent attention by scientists working on topological superconductivity. The inherent strong spin orbit coupling in f-electron materials and the unconventional superconducting state make heavy fermion superconductors a prime testing ground for research and to provide information useful for many other superconducting systems.
The advances in unconventional superconductivity go together with technical developments in crystal growth, new spectroscopies, high pressures, computational capabilities and theory. The goal of this workshop is to bring together young researchers in the field of heavy fermion superconductivity and foster collaborations to address the most pressing needs more efficiently by combining knowledge and techniques available at different places. The workshop aims to bring together scientists that are geographically far from each other, but scientifically very close. Work in progress as well as new developments are explicitly welcome.

Information about topics, the programme, registration, contact information, and other practical details are available on the Action's website.

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