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Prospects in Theoretical Physics 2024

Quantum Matter Summer School

Program Description

From July 8 to 26, 2024, the Institute for Advanced Study will partner with Princeton University, offering consecutive summer programs focusing on the field of Ultra-Quantum Matter. The Institute’s two-week Prospects in Theoretical Physics (PiTP) Program will be followed by the one-week PCCM Summer School on Condensed Matter Physics

PiTP 2024: “Ultra-Quantum Matter” 
Date: July 8-19, 2024
PiTP is an intensive two-week summer program designed for advanced graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and will cover a broad range of topics in the theory of highly entangled quantum matter.  This subject cuts across traditional subdisciplines of theoretical physics, and the program will feature lectures from experts in condensed matter physics, high energy physics, and quantum information science. PiTP will occur on the Institute’s campus Monday, July 8 through Friday, July 19. Application Open Now for PiTP and PiTP plus PCCM Summer School. Deadline Monday, April 1, 2024 at 11:59 pm (Eastern Standard Time)

PCCM 2024: "Quantum Matter, Superconductivity, Topology and Correlations"
Date: July 22-26, 2024
The Princeton Summer School will be held Monday, July 22 through Friday, July 26 on the IAS campus. Registration Opens April 15, 2024 for PCCM Summer School Only (No application necessary). Additional information (speakers, topics etc.) and a registration form will be posted when available on the PCCM website

PiTP Program Details

For housing, travel, and other administrative PiTP information please see the FAQ page

APPLICATION, deadline Monday, April 1, 2024 at 11:59 pm (Eastern Standard Time). 

Partial List of Program Topics

  • Anomalies and generalized symmetries and their applications to quantum matter
  • Fermi and non-Fermi liquids
  • Matrix product states and tensor networks
  • Moiré materials
  • Non-equilibrium quantum systems
  • Topological and related phases of matter including fractons

Organizing Committee

Program Lecturers

  • Xie Chen (California Institute of Technology)
  • Ignacio Cirac (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)
  • Eslam Khalaf (Harvard University)
  • Vedika Khemani (Stanford University)
  • Masaki Oshikawa (University of Tokyo, ISSP)
  • Subir Sachdev (Harvard University)
  • Shu-Heng Shao (Stony Brook University)
  • Dam Thanh Son (University of Chicago)
  • Edward Witten (The Institute for Advanced Study)

If you have questions regarding the PiTP program, please send an email to: pitp@ias.edu.

Simons Collaboration Ultra-Quantum Matter