Weyl and Dirac Semimetals as a Laboratory for High-Energy Physics

Europe/Lisbon
University of Minho - Campus of Gualtar
Bruno Amorim (LaPMET, CF-UM-UP, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto), Andrey Sadofyev (LIP), Mikhail Vasilevskiy (University of Minho)
Description

Recent advances in topological materials have opened new avenues for studying emergent phenomena that closely resemble effects predicted in the Standard Model of particle physics and cosmology. A striking example is the axial anomaly, which manifests as negative magnetoresistance in Weyl semimetals. Given the rapid progress on both theoretical and experimental fronts, cross-field interactions have become more crucial than ever. This workshop, jointly organized by the Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics and the Center for Physics of the Universities of Minho and Porto, aims to bring together experts investigating high-energy physics phenomena in Weyl and Dirac semimetals and related systems, fostering interdisciplinary discussions and collaborations.

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Participants
  • Alberto Cortijo
  • Andrey Sadofyev
  • Bruno Amorim
  • Carlos Rosário
  • Chiara Devescovi
  • Claudio Corianò
  • Dario Melle
  • Dmitri Kharzeev
  • Eduardo Castro
  • Emil Mottola
  • Giandomenico Palumbo
  • Giorgio Torrieri
  • Henrique Veiga
  • João P. Santos Pires
  • Koichi Hattori
  • Maik Selch
  • María Vozmediano
  • Maxim Chernodub
  • Miguel Araújo
  • Mikhail Vasilevskiy
  • Mikhail Zubkov
  • Napat Poovuttikul
  • Noriyuki Sogabe
  • Pablo Morales
  • Pavan Hosur
  • Piotr Surówka
  • Renato Dantas
  • Rodrigo Aarão
  • Rémy Larue
  • Srimoyee Sen
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    • 09:00 09:25
      Registration

      Opening session

    • 09:25 09:35
      Welcome message from the president of the School of Sciences 10m
      Speaker: Prof. José Manuel González Méijome (School of Sciences, University of Minho)
    • 09:35 10:10
      Chiral magnetic effect: current status and open problems 35m
      Speaker: Dmitri Kharzeev (Stony Brook University and BNL)
    • 10:10 11:00
      Coffee Break 50m
    • 11:00 11:35
      Geometric Semimetals 35m
      Speaker: Giandomenico Palumbo
    • 11:35 12:10
      Non-equilibrium charge-vortex duality 35m
      Speaker: Piotr Surowka
    • 12:10 12:45
      Dirac Kondo effect under magnetic catalysis 35m
      Speaker: Koichi Hattori
    • 12:45 14:25
      Lunch 1h 40m
    • 14:25 15:00
      Wigner-Weyl calculus for non-Abelian gauge theory 35m
      Speaker: Mikhail Zubkov
    • 15:00 15:35
      Non-renormalization of the fractional quantum Hall conductivity by interactions 35m
      Speaker: Maik Selch
    • 15:35 16:25
      Coffee Break 50m
    • 16:25 17:00
      1-form symmetry, Conductivity vs Resistivity & Operator lifetime in chiral MHD 35m
      Speaker: Napat Poovuttikul
    • 09:00 09:35
      A new scale anomaly in Dirac matter 35m
      Speaker: María Vozmediano (CSIC)
    • 09:35 10:10
      Exotic properties of strongly interacting matter under rotation 35m

      Recent first-principles lattice simulations of SU(N) Yang-Mills theory in 3+1 dimensions have revealed that the gluon plasma exhibits several unexpected equilibrium properties in a rotating state: (i) a negative moment of inertia within a certain temperature range; (ii) the formation of a thermodynamically stable inhomogeneous mixed phase that does not align with the conventional Tolman–Ehrenfest relation in static gravitational backgrounds; and (iii) a rotation-induced enhancement of the critical deconfinement temperature. We briefly review these surprising numerical observations and argue that they may share a common origin rooted in enhancement of the gluonic coupling in a non-inertial rotating frame. We suggest that such phenomena may be probed experimentally in synthetic non-Abelian gauge fields engineered in condensed matter systems.

      Speaker: Maxim Chernodub (Institut Denis Poisson, CNRS, Tours, France)
    • 10:10 11:00
      Coffee Break 50m
    • 11:00 11:35
      Moiré Dirac Semimetals and the role of quasiperiodicity 35m
      Speaker: Eduardo Castro
    • 11:35 12:10
      Effect of disorder on surface states of Weyl nodal loop semimetals 35m
      Speaker: Miguel Araujo
    • 12:10 12:45
      Disordered Three-Dimensional Weyl Electrons 35m
      Speaker: João Pires
    • 12:45 14:25
      Lunch 1h 40m
    • 14:25 15:00
      Vortical effects in chiral band structures 35m
      Speaker: Pavan Hosur (University of Houston)
    • 15:00 15:35
      Chiral fermions on the lattice 35m
      Speaker: Srimoyee Sen
    • 15:35 16:25
      Coffee Break 50m
    • 16:25 17:00
      Real-time Chiral Magnetic Effect from Monte-Carlo simulations in imaginary time 35m
      Speaker: Pavel Buividovich
    • 09:35 10:10
      Emergence of Pseudo-Gauge Fields from Evolving Geometries in Graphene 35m
      Speaker: Pablo Morales
    • 10:10 10:45
      Berry Curvature and Spin-One Color Superconductivity 35m
      Speaker: Noriyuki Sogabe
    • 10:45 11:35
      Coffee Break 50m
    • 11:35 12:10
      Examining the Anomalous Nature of Chiral Effects in Thermodynamics 35m
      Speaker: Rémy Larue
    • 12:10 12:45
      Nonlinear and nonperturbative transport in topological semimetals 35m
      Speaker: Renato Dantas
    • 12:45 14:25
      Lunch 1h 40m