17th International Conference on Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories (MBT17)

Abstract

These are the proceedings of the XVII International Conference on Recent Progress inMany-Body Theories, which was held from 8–13 September 2013 in Rostock, Germany.The conference continued the triennial series initiated in Trieste in 1978 and was devoted to newdevelopments in the field of many-body theories. The conference series encourages the exchangeof ideas between physicists working in such diverse areas as nuclear physics, quantum chemistry,lattice Hamiltonians or quantum uids.Many-body theories are an integral part in different fields of theoretical physics such as condensedmatter, nuclear matter and field theory. Phase transitions and macroscopic quantumeffects such as magnetism, Bose-Einstein condensation, superuidity or superconductivity have been investigated within ultra-cold gases, finite systems or various nanomaterials. The conferenceseries on Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories is devoted to foster the interaction andto cross-fertilize between different fields and to discuss future lines of research. The topics ofthe 17th meeting wereCluster PhysicsCold GasesHigh Energy Density Matter and Intense LasersMagnetismNew Developments in Many-Body TechniquesNuclear Many-Body and Relativistic TheoriesQuantum Fluids and SolidsQuantum Phase TransitionsTopological Insulators and Low Dimensional Systems.109 participants from 20 countries participated. 44 talks and 61 posters werde presented. Asa particular highlight of the conference, The Eugene Feenberg Memorial Medal for outstandingresults in the field of many-body theory and The Hermann Kümmel Early Achievement Awardin Many-Body Physics for young scientists in that field were awarded. The Feenberg Medalwent jointly to Patrick Lee (MIT, USA) for his fundamental contributions to condensed-mattertheory, especially in regard to the quantum Hall effect, to universal conductance uctuations, and to the Kondo effect in quantum dots, and Douglas Scalapino (UC Santa Barbara, USA) forhis imaginative use and development of the Monte-Carlo approach and for his ground-breakingcontributions to superconductivity. The Kümmel Award went to Max Metlitski (UC SantaBarbara) for remarkable advances in the theory of quantum criticality in metals. The nominationsfor the Kümmel Award were of such high standard that the Committee announcedHonourable Mentions to Martin Eckstein (MPDS/U Hamburg, Germany) for his leading contributionsin the development of non-equilibrium dynamical mean field theory, Emanuel Gull (UMichigan, USA) for the development of the Continuous-Time Auxiliary-Field Quantum MonteCarlo Method and for its use in understanding the interplay of the pseudogap and superconductivityin the Hubbard model and Kai Sun (U Michigan, USA) for seminal contributions to thetheory of topological effects in strongly correlated electron systems.The Conference continues the series of conferences held before in Trieste, Italy (1979); Oaxtapec,Mexico (1981); Odenthal-Altenberg, Germany (1983); San Francisco, USA (1985); Oulu,Finland (1987); Arad, Israel (1989); Minneapolis, USA (1991); Schloé Segau, Austria (1994);Sydney, Australia (1997); Seattle, USA (1999); Manchester, UK (2001); Santa Fe, USA (2004);Buenos Aires, Argentina (2005); Barcelona, Spain (2007); Columbus, USA (2009) and Bariloche,Argentina (2011). It has been a great pleasure to prepare for the conference. We thank the IACand in particular Susana Hernandez and David Neilson as well as the International ProgrammeCommittee for their great support and advice. Many more people have been involved locally inorganizing this international meeting and thanks goes to them, in particular to the members ofthe LOC Sonja Lorenzen, Dieter Bauer, Niels-Uwe Bastian, Marina Hertzfeldt, Volker Mosertand Gerd Röpke. The next meeting will take place in Buffalo, USA in 2015 and we look forwardto yet another exciting exchange on Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories.Heidi Reinholz and Jordi Boronat Guest editors Details of the committees are available in the PDF.