Shangshun Zhang - UTK

Wednesday 28 Jan 2026, 08:30 → 19:45 US/Eastern

IAMM

 

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09:00 → 10:00 Arrive at IAMM with host: Cristian Batista

Travel to IAMM.

10:00 → 10:20 Talk Prep

10:20 → 11:20 Seminar: Parton Approach in Quantum Magnets

Zoom: https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/86292515289

Abstract: The parton approach was introduced decades ago as a theoretical framework for describing exotic magnetic states of matter, most notably quantum spin liquids. Beyond its conceptual role in characterizing novel phases, this approach has proven increasingly powerful for making quantitative connections to experimental probes, particularly neutron scattering, in realistic quantum materials. In this talk, I will discuss recent progress along these lines through several representative examples. I will show that parton-based descriptions are not only effective for quantum magnets near a quantum melting point into a spin-liquid phase, but also provide a unified framework for understanding magnetic excitations and phase transitions between disordered paramagnetic states and antiferromagnetic order in dimerized quantum magnets.

11:30 → 12:00 Research Meeting

Speaker: Zachary Nicolaou

12:00 → 14:30 Lunch

Wonhee, Zack, Ruixing

14:30 → 15:00 Research Meeting

15:00 → 15:30 Research Meeting

15:30 → 16:00 Research Meeting

Speaker: Ruixing Zhang (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee Knoxville)

16:00 → 16:30 Research Meeting

16:30 → 17:00 Research Meeting

17:00 → 17:30 Research Meeting

18:15 → 19:45 Dinner