Proposed discussions

lets list here topics and questions. After interested participant self-identify, a convenient time can be sorted out

MBL

• Higher dimensions
• Floquet systems
• Spin glasses

Interested: Arijeet, Ivar,...

Odd-f superconductivity and its connection to Majorana fermions.

• is it the same thing?
• connection between ballistic and semiclassical approaches?

Lit:

• Mapping of the two-channel Kondo problem to a resonant-level model, V. J. Emery and S. Kivelson
• Theory of superconducting and magnetic proximity effect in S/F structures with inhomogeneous magnetization textures and spin-active interfaces, Linder et al
• The quasiclassical approach to superfluid 3He, J.W Serene, D Rainer

Interested: Ivar, ...

Floquet/TI, with relaxation/dissipation

• interesting possibilities in multi-Floquet spaces?

Interested: Ivar, Xiaopeng, Dong , Majo, Mohammad, Justin, Babak

Vortices in p-wave excitonic(-polaritonic?) condensates

• are there cores states analogous to Majoranas?
• what happens when d-vector is not confined to a plane?

Lit:

• A new type of half-quantum circulation in a macroscopicpolariton spinor ring condensate, 2014

Interested: Ivar, Xiaopeng, Yip, Babak

Majoranas

• Open questions?
• Robust non-topological operations?
• Majoranas in unusual settings (helical magnets or interface between s-wave and semiconductors)?
• Issues with detection?
• Majoranas with superconducting circuits
• Molenkamp Fractional Josephson experiments arXiv:1603.09611, arXiv:1601.08055, arXiv:1503.05591
• Open questions related to fractional Josephson effect- How to model ac effect with dissipation and continuum states? how likely is it to get false positives - as a function of frequency?
• Open questions related to Shapiro states - How to model Shapiro step with interaction, finite T Ohmic dissipation and dynamics - what would be a low voltage safe case?

Interested: Ivar, Dong, Eran, Yuval, Jay, Yip, Julia

Past: Date/Time/Loc: June 10, 3 pm. Bethe

Landau-Zener-Stuckelbert with dissipation

• different regimes?
• pulsed vs continuous drive?
• systems: qubits, magnetic atoms, e.g. in Li(Ho,Y)F

Interested: Ivar, Dong, Majo

Past: Date/Time/Loc: June 8, ~3 pm Majo office