Where spin and orbit intertwine: new frontiers in quantum materials
Chairs
Samuele Sanna, University of Bologna (Italy)
Cesare Franchini, University of Vienna (Austria) and University of Bologna (Italy)
Workshop Description
This workshop focuses on materials containing heavy d- and f-electron ions that host unconventional quantum states such as multipolar orders, spin and dimer liquids, spin–orbit excitons, and topological or fractionalized phases.
These phenomena highlight the deep entanglement between spin and orbital degrees of freedom.
The event aims to bring together leading and emerging researchers to discuss recent advances, identify key challenges, and explore future directions in spin–orbit entangled quantum matter.
PLACE
The Workshop will be held in Aula D, Department of Physics and Astronomy, via Irnerio 46, Bologna, Italy
LIST OF CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Lorenzo Celiberti – University of Vienna, Austria
Mario Cuoco – University of Salerno, Italy
Domenico Di Sante – University of Bologna, Italy
Paola Gentile – University of Salerno, Italy
Liviu Hozoi – IFW Dresden, Germany
Anshu Kataria – University of Parma, Italy
Sergii Khmelevskyi – TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology), Austria
Stefano Lupi – Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Federico Mazzola – University of Trento, Italy
Vesna Mitrović – Brown University, USA
Marco Moretti – Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Silvia Picozzi – University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Leonid Pourovskii – École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
Valerio Scagnoli – ETH Zürich – Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland
Alessandro Stroppa – CNR SPIN, L’Aquila, Italy
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Union — Next Generation EU —“ PNRR — M4C2, investimento 1.1, d “ Spin-charge-lattice coupling in
relativistic Mott insulators ” (ID No. 202243JHMW, CUP J53D23001350006)