MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME
Dresden, Germany


International Workshop on

NON-FERMI LIQUIDS

September 29 - October 1, 1999

Scientific coordinators:    

Hilbert v. Löhneysen      Peter Wölfle     

Universität des Saarlandes      Universität Karlsruhe      Universität Karlsruhe     

Saarbrücken, Germany      Karlsruhe, Germany      Karlsruhe, Germany     

The standard model of conduction electrons in metals presumes that the interactions among electrons can be described by a few parameters, leading to quasiparticles that can be treated within the framework of Fermi-liquid theory. In recent years striking deviations from the behavior predicted by Fermi-liquid theory have been observed in different types of solids. These ,,non-Fermi-liquid'' effects have very different physical origins.

The purpose of the Workshop is to bring together experimentalists and theorists working in different areas of condensed matter physics where non-Fermi liquid effects come into play, such as various types of quantum phase transitions, low dimensional systems, and the quantum Hall effect.

The list of invited speakers includes:

M. C. Aronson (Ann Arbor, USA)

A. M.-F. Chang (Lafayette, USA)

D. L. Cox (Davis, USA)

M. Dressel (Stuttgart, Germany)

J. Fink (Dresden, Germany)

A. Finkelstein (Rehovot, Israel)

P. Gegenwart (Dresden, Germany)

A. Gogolin (London, UK)

M. Grioni (Lausanne, Switzerland)

S. Julian (Cambridge, UK)

J. Kroha (Karlsruhe, Germany)

A. H. Macdonald (Bloomington, USA)

M. B. Maple (San Diego, USA)

A. J. Millis (Piscataway, USA)

A. Rosch (Piscataway, USA)

K. Schönhammer   (Göttingen, Germany)

A. Schröder (Karlsruhe, Germany)

D. Shahar (Rehovot, Israel)

O. Stockert (Bristol, UK)

J. Voit (Freiburg, Germany)

J. Weis (Stuttgart, Germany)

F. Zawadowski (Budapest, Hungary)

U. Zülicke (Karlsruhe, Germany)

Participation is mainly by invitation. Nevertheless, additional applications will also be considered. A poster session is planned to be held in order to include important recent results. Application forms are available upon request or on the conference web page. The registration fee for the workshop is DM 150. Costs for accommodation and meals will be covered by the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems. Limited funding to partially cover travel expenses is available upon request.

Deadline for applications is June 30, 1999

For further information and application forms please contact:
Visitors Program, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems,
Nöthnitzer Str. 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
Phone: +49-351-871-2105 / Fax: +49-351-871-2199
Conference email: liquids@mpipks-dresden.mpg.de
http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de/~liquids/index.html