Frontiers in Synthetic Gauge Fields and Exotic Excitations

Presentations

• Quantum simulation - from fractional quantum Hall physics and Pfaffian states to magnon excitations and pseudogap in the Hubbard model

  ORAL · Invited

  June 3, 2026, 8:00 AM – June 3, 2026, 8:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Markus Greiner

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Markus Greiner

    • Harvard University

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• Probing supersolidity through excitations in a spin-orbit-coupled Bose-Einstein condensate

  ORAL · Invited

  June 3, 2026, 8:30 AM – June 3, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Publication: C. S. Chisholm*, S. Hirthe*, V. B. Makhalov*, R. Ramos*, R. Vatré*, J. Cabedo, A. Celi, and L. Tarruell, arXiv:2412.13861. Science, in press.

  Presenters

  • Leticia Tarruell

    • ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences and ICREA

  Authors

  • Leticia Tarruell

    • ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences and ICREA

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• S, P, D… BEC…  Easy as I, II, III: Pairing Games in a Cavity

  ORAL · Invited

  June 3, 2026, 9:00 AM – June 3, 2026, 9:30 AM

  Publication: [1] D. Young, E. Song, A. Chu, D. Barberena, Z. Niu, V. Scha¨fer, R. Lewis-Swan, A. Rey, and J. Thompson, Time-Resolved Spectral Gap Spectroscopy in a Quantum Simulator of Fermionic Superfluidity inside an Optical Cavity, Physical Review Letters 134, 183404 (2025).
  [2] D. Young, A. Chu, E. Song, D. Barberena, D. Wellnitz, Z. Niu, V. Scha¨fer, R. Lewis-Swan, A. M. Rey, and J. Thompson,
  Observing Dynamical Phases of BCS Superconductors in a Cavity QED Simulator, Nature 625, 679–684 (2024).
  [3] A. Chu, J. Kwan, E. Song, S. Chew, J. K. Thompson, A. M. Rey
  Simulation of topological superconductors and their competing orders using photon-mediated interactions, arXiv:2512.17889

  Presenters

  • Ana Maria Rey

    • University of Colorado, Boulder
    • University of Colorado Boulder
    • JILA, University of Colorado Boulder
    • JILA
    • JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Ana Maria Rey

    • University of Colorado, Boulder
    • University of Colorado Boulder
    • JILA, University of Colorado Boulder
    • JILA
    • JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Beyond Vector Potentials: Synthetic Tensor Gauge Fields

  ORAL · Invited

  June 3, 2026, 9:30 AM – June 3, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Qi Zhou

    • Purdue University

  Authors

  • Qi Zhou

    • Purdue University

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