From Understanding to Controlling of Correlated Phases to Explore the Origin of Unconventional Superconductivity

Novel Trends in Superconductivity of Correlated Electrons

UXSS is an annual event jointly organized by the Center for
Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) at DESY and the PULSE institute at
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. As you can see from the list of
speakers below, the program will be highly interdisciplinary, with
topics ranging from accelerator physics to molecular biology. There
will also be a coursework exercise involving a mock proposal for the
European XFEL, with the help of experienced mentors.

Registration will open on the 31st January 2017. Please
note that the number of summer school participants will be limited. In
order to facilitate the selection of participants, we ask applicants to
provide a short description of their educational and scientific
background and their motivation for applying for participation in UXSS
2017. The registration deadline will be the 31 March 2017.

Financial support for UXSS 2017 is very kindly provided by the Joachim
Herz Stiftung, meaning that participants will be asked to pay a
registration fee of only 100 EUR. Accepted applicants will receive
a financial contribution towards travel and accommodation expenses.

List of lecturers:
Rasmus Ischebeck (PSI), FEL diagnostics
Hae Ja Lee (SLAC), matter in extreme conditions
Filipe Maia (Uppsala University), coherent diffractive imaging
Giorgio Margaritondo (EPFL), fundamentals of X-ray sources
Arwen Pearson (CUI & University of Hamburg), structural biology
Robin Santra (DESY, University of Hamburg), X-ray - matter interactions
Joachim Stohr (SLAC, Stanford University), condensed matter and magnetism
Simone Techert (DESY & Göttingen Campus), structural dynamics
Linda Young (Argonne/UChicago), atomic and molecular physics

Topics

• Quantum Optics
• Spectroscopy
• Spin physics
• Transport
• Devices and applications
• Synthesis and growth

Quantum Materials is an emerging field of research that encompasses a broad range of studies in strongly correlated systems and applied materials physics. The breadth of the field calls for interactions among the different sub-communities. This workshop aims to bring together top experts from a variety of areas to highlight the recent achievements in each area, and to provide a forum for cross-talk among the subjects.

The workshop will revolve around the following focus areas in the overarching field of Quantum Materials:

• Unconventional Superconductivity
• Quantum Criticality
• Ultracold Matter
• Low Dimensional Systems
• Energy Materials

Materials Genome Meets High Magnetic Fields

This workshop brings together experimentalists and theorists working on topological phases of matter and strongly spin-orbit coupled systems. Recent developments in this field include the experimental realization of topological semimetals, novel materials that may harbor topological superconductivity as well advances in the preparation of spin-orbit coupled two-dimensional electron gases. In particular it will cover the subjectsÂ

(1) Topological metals and insulatorsÂ
(2) Theory of interacting topological states of matterÂ
(3) Spin-orbit interaction and correlated electron systems
(4) Unconventional superconductivity

Conference Topics

• Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
• Advanced Bulk Materials (ABM)
• Design and Structural Characterization of Materials (DSCM)
• Solid State Nanophysics and Nanotechnology (SSNN)
• Energy Conversion and Storage. Solid State Devices. (ECSSSD)
• Surface Engineering and Applied Electrochemistry (SEAE)
• Digital and Optical Holography: Materials and Methods (DOH)

Topics

• Overall perspectives of research with the FEL and X-FEL facilities
• Design of experiments with FEL sources
• Imaging by coherent diffraction in Transmission Electron Microscopy
• Phasing and information retrieval in CDI
• Single-shot imaging of nano-objects with X-FEL
• Molecular Movies in biology using an X-FEL
• X-ray interaction with matter at the nanoscale
• The strong excitation density regime in time-dependent density-functional theory
• Modelling extreme spectroscopy and scattering
• Sample strategies for single particles (clusters, viruses) and for solids
• Acceleration technologies that work â€" towards CW-FEL
• Seeding and seeding-like properties of X-ray FELs / Quantum FEL
• Challenges in detection
• Key parameters of sources, detectors, and data handling in present and future FEL experiments