NewSpin4: Transport beyond
electrons
The quest for low-power
consuming beyond-Moore electronics has recently led physics researchers to
step away from currents carried by moving electrons–that efficiently scatter
with other degrees of freedom and thus suffer from a large amount of
dissipation–to transport currents that do not involve moving electrons but
are instead carried by collective degrees of freedom. In addition to this
application perspective, this brings about a large wealth of unexplored
many-body physics and novel collective phenomena. Many of the systems under
the study in this context are physically very different yet share a closely
related theoretical treatment and are faced with similar challenges. In this
three-day conference we plan to bring together physicists confronted with
these challenges while working on transport involving more than just single
electrons. We expect that the different fields and backgrounds will lead to
cross-fertilization. Hereby the focus of the conference will be on
spin-related phenomena, which will include both experimental as well as
theoretical contributions, with emphasis on the latter. The theme connects
technologically relevant fields such as spintronics, magnonics, and
mesoscopic physics to fields like ultracold atoms, strongly-correlated
electronic systems, and high-energy physics.
Scientific organizers:
Lars Fritz
Dirk Schuricht
Cristiane de Morais Smith
Henk Stoof
Rembert Duine
