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

Name: Weyl and Dirac Semimetals as a Laboratory for High-Energy Physics
Start: 2025-06-25T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-06-28T18:00:00+01:00
Location: No location set

Jun 25, 2025, 9:00 AM → Jun 28, 2025, 6:00 PM 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.

Contact

sadofyev@lip.pt

Registration

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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Wed, June 25
- Registration
  
  Opening session
- 1
  
  Welcome message from the president of the School of Sciences
  
  Speaker: Prof. José Manuel González Méijome (School of Sciences, University of Minho)
- 2
  
  Chiral magnetic effect: current status and open problems
  
  Speaker: Dmitri Kharzeev (Stony Brook University and BNL)
  
  Braga-CME-Kharzeev.pdf
  
  Braga-CME-Kharzeev.pptx
- 10:10 AM
  
  Coffee Break
- 3
  
  Geometric Semimetals
  
  Speaker: Giandomenico Palumbo
  
  Palumbo.pdf
- 4
  
  Non-equilibrium charge-vortex duality
  
  Speaker: Piotr Surowka
  
  Seminar.key
- 5
  
  Dirac Kondo effect under magnetic catalysis
  
  Speaker: Koichi Hattori
  
  Weyl_and_Dirac_Semimetals@Braga-Hattori.pptx
- 12:45 PM
  
  Lunch
- 6
  
  Wigner-Weyl calculus for non-Abelian gauge theory
  
  Speaker: Mikhail Zubkov
  
  zubkov_Braga_2025_shorttened.pdf
- 7
  
  Non-renormalization of the fractional quantum Hall conductivity by interactions
  
  Speaker: Maik Selch
  
  conference_talk_Braga_Maik_Selch_final.pdf
- 3:35 PM
  
  Coffee Break
- 8
  
  1-form symmetry, Conductivity vs Resistivity & Operator lifetime in chiral MHD
  
  Speaker: Napat Poovuttikul
  
  rhoVSsigma at Braga.pdf
Thu, June 26
- 9
  
  Axions and Superfluifity in Weyl semimetals
  
  Speaker: Emil Mottola
  
  AxionWSM_Braga.pdf
- 10:10 AM
  
  Coffee Break
- 10
  
  Photonic axion insulators
  
  Speaker: Chiara Devescovi
  
  Axion Domain Walls in Photonic Crystals.pdf
- 11
  
  Experimental challenges of topological insulators: from growth to axion electrodynamics
  
  Speaker: Carlos Rosário
  
  Talk_CRosario_TIs_axion_electrodynamics.pptx
- 12
  
  Exploring Axionic Physics with Weyl Semimetals
  
  Speaker: Alberto Cortijo
  
  axions 3.pdf
- 12:45 PM
  
  Lunch
- 13
  
  CFT in Momentum Space for Parity-odd Interactions, Axions and Dilatons
  
  Speaker: Claudio Corianò
  
  TalkBraga1.pdf
  
  TalkBraga1.pptx
- 14
  
  Sum rules for Chiral, Conformal and Gravitational anomaly form factors
  
  Speaker: Dario Melle
  
  Sum rules for Chiral, Conformal and Gravitational anomaly form factors.pdf
- 3:35 PM
  
  Coffee Break
- 15
  
  The quantum Newton`s bucket
  
  Speaker: Giorgio Torrieri (State University of Campinas (Unicamp),Brasil)
  
  bucket.pdf
- 16
  
  Experimental status of the condensed matter axion
  
  Speaker: Olivia Liebman
  
  Liebman_WeylDiracWorkshop_26June2025.pdf
Fri, June 27
- 17
  
  A new scale anomaly in Dirac matter
  
  Speaker: María Vozmediano (CSIC)
  
  25VozmedianoBraga.key
- 18
  
  Exotic properties of strongly interacting matter under rotation
  
  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)
  
  Chernodub_Braga.pdf
- 10:10 AM
  
  Coffee Break
- 19
  
  Moiré Dirac Semimetals and the role of quasiperiodicity
  
  Speaker: Eduardo Castro
  
  evcastro_Weyl-Braga.pdf
- 20
  
  Effect of disorder on surface states of Weyl nodal loop semimetals
  
  Speaker: Miguel Araujo
  
  Chiral-disorder-WNL.key
- 21
  
  Disordered Three-Dimensional Weyl Electrons
  
  Speaker: João Pires
  
  Presentation_27Jun2025_v1.0.pdf
- 12:45 PM
  
  Lunch
- 22
  
  Vortical effects in chiral band structures
  
  Speaker: Pavan Hosur (University of Houston)
  
  Vortical effects.pptx
- 23
  
  Chiral fermions on the lattice
  
  Speaker: Srimoyee Sen
  
  braga-talk.pdf
- 3:35 PM
  
  Coffee Break
- 24
  
  Real-time Chiral Magnetic Effect from Monte-Carlo simulations in imaginary time
  
  Speaker: Pavel Buividovich
  
  cme_nomu5_talk.pdf
Sat, June 28
- 25
  
  Emergence of Pseudo-Gauge Fields from Evolving Geometries in Graphene
  
  Speaker: Pablo Morales
  
  Braga_Workshop.pdf
- 26
  
  Berry Curvature and Spin-One Color Superconductivity
  
  Speaker: Noriyuki Sogabe
  
  Braga_final.pdf
- 10:45 AM
  
  Coffee Break
- 27
  
  Examining the Anomalous Nature of Chiral Effects in Thermodynamics
  
  Speaker: Rémy Larue
  
  PresentationRemyLarue.pdf
- 28
  
  Nonlinear and nonperturbative transport in topological semimetals
  
  Speaker: Renato Dantas
  
  RD_DiracWeylLaboratoryHEP.key
- 12:45 PM
  
  Lunch

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