Topology and Defects in Quantum Gases

Presentations

• Stable singular fractional skyrmion spin texture from the quantum Kelvin–Helmholtz instability

  Invited · Invited

  June 4, 2026, 10:30 AM – June 4, 2026, 11:00 AM

  Publication: Nature Physics 21, 1398 (2025)

  Presenters

  • Jae-yoon Choi

    • KAIST

  Authors

  • Jae-yoon Choi

    • KAIST

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• Vortex nucleations in spinor Bose-Einstein condensates under radially-localized synthetic magnetic fields

  Invited · Invited

  June 4, 2026, 11:00 AM – June 4, 2026, 11:30 AM

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.17403
  https://doi.org/10.1103/zj34-15bk

  Presenters

  • Yu-Ju Lin

    • Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica

  Authors

  • Yu-Ju Lin

    • Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica

  • Li-Ren Liu

  • Shao-Ci Wu

  • Hung-Yi Hsu

  • Tze-Wei Liu

    • Hon Hai Precision Industry

  • Tzu-Ken Shen

  • Sungkit Yip

    • Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica

  • Yuki Kawaguchi

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• Non-Abelian dynamics in strongly interacting spinor Bose gases

  Oral

  June 4, 2026, 11:30 AM – June 4, 2026, 11:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Tsz Chun Lau

    • The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  Authors

  • Tsz Chun Lau

    • The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • Yangqian Yan

    • The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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• Decaying quantum turbulence during far-from-equilibrium Bose--Einstein condensation

  Oral

  June 4, 2026, 11:42 AM – June 4, 2026, 11:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Sebastian Morris

    • Univ of Cambridge

  Authors

  • Sebastian Morris

    • Univ of Cambridge

  • Martin Gazo

    • Univ of Cambridge

  • Simon Fischer

    • Univ of Cambridge

  • Haoyu Zhang

  • Christopher Ho

    • Imperial College London

  • Nigel Cooper

    • Univ of Cambridge

  • Christoph Eigen

    • Univ of Cambridge

  • Zoran Hadzibabic

    • Univ of Cambridge

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• Dirac string and optical excitation selection rules originating from a full inter-band Berry connection measurement in the optical honeycomb lattice

  Oral

  June 4, 2026, 11:54 AM – June 4, 2026, 12:06 PM

  Publication: Schwarz, M.N.*, Chang, S.-W.*, Moloney, E.G., Lin, K., Stamper-Kurn, D.M. "Full Inter-band Berry connection measurement necessitating a Dirac string in an optical honeycomb lattice" (in preparation)

  Presenters

  • Malte Nils Schwarz

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Malte Nils Schwarz

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Shao-Wen Chang

  • Erin Moloney

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Ke Lin

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Dan Stamper-Kurn

    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Defect Formation Across Non-equilibrium Phase Transitions in a Spin–Orbit-Coupled BEC in an Optical Lattice

  Oral

  June 4, 2026, 12:06 PM – June 4, 2026, 12:18 PM

  Publication: C. Shimelfenig, F. Serrano, C. Halverson, A. Mukhopadhyay, P. Engels, Q. Guan, (2026). Macroscopic self-trapping and dynamical phase transition in momentum space BEC [Preprint], arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2510.13056

  Presenters

  • Federico Serrano

    • Washington State University

  Authors

  • Federico Serrano

    • Washington State University

  • Corey Halverson

    • Washington State University

  • Colby Schimelfenig

    • Washington State University

  • Peter Engels

    • Washington State University

  • Qingze Guan

    • Washington State University

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