International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (SCES 2011)

The Strongly Correlated Electron Systems Conference (SCES) 2011, was held from 29 August–3 September 2011, in Cambridge, UK. SCES'2011 was dedicated to 100 years of superconductivity and covered a range of topics in the area of strongly correlated systems. The correlated electronic and magnetic materials featured include f-electron based heavy fermion intermetallics and d-electron based transition metal compounds. The meeting welcomed to Cambridge 657 participants from 23 countries, who presented 127 talks (including 16 plenary, 57 invited, and 54 contributed) and 736 posters in 40 sessions over five full days of meetings. This proceedings volume contains papers reporting on the science presented at the meeting. This work deepens our understanding of the rich physical phenomena that arise from correlation effects. Strongly correlated systems are known for their remarkable array of emergent phenomena: the traditional subjects of superconductivity, magnetism and metal-insulator transitions have been joined by non-Fermi liquid phenomena, topologically protected quantum states, atomic and photonic gases, and quantum phase transitions. These are some of the most challenging and interesting phenomena in science. As well as the science driver, there is underlying interest in energy-dense materials, which make use of 'small' electrons packed to the highest possible density. These are by definition 'strongly correlated'. For example: good photovoltaics must be efficient optical absorbers, which means that photons will generate tightly bound electron-hole pairs (excitons) that must then be ionised at a heterointerface and transported to contacts; efficient solid state refrigeration depends on substantial entropy changes in a unit cell, with large local electrical or magnetic moments; efficient lighting is in a real sense the inverse of photovoltaics; the limit of an efficient battery is a supercapacitor employing mixed valent ions; fuel cells and solar to fuel conversion require us to understand electrochemistry on the scale of a single atom; and we already know that the only prospect for effective high temperature superconductivity involves strongly correlated materials. Even novel IT technologies are now seen to have value not just for novel function but also for efficiency. While strongly correlated electron systems continue to excite researchers and the public alike due to the fundamental science issues involved, it seems increasingly likely that support for the science will be leveraged by its impact on energy and sustainability. The conference owes its success to the large number of devoted workers for the cause, which includes the organising and programme committees and a considerable number of workers on the ground who contributed to the smooth running of the meeting. The conference received major sponsorship from CamCool Research Limited, the International Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter, from the European Science Foundation through the program INTELBIOMAT, and the Cambridge Central Asia Forum. On behalf of Conference Chairs: P B Littlewood and G G Lonzarich Secretary: S Saxena Treasurer: M Sutherland Local Organising Committee Chair: S E Sebastian Programme Committee Chairs: E Artacho, F M Grosche, Z Hadzibabic (The PDF file also contains photographs from the conference.) Programme Committee E. Artacho, Cambridge (chair) D. Cox, Davis M. Norman, Argonne M. Grosche, Cambridge (chair) H. Ding, IOP, China Y. Onuki, Osaka Z. Hadzibabic, Cambridge (chair) M. Ellerby, London C. Panagopoulos, Singapore H. Alloul, Paris Z. Fisk, Irvine S. Ramakrishnan, Mumbai E. Baggio-Saitovich, Rio Di Janeiro J. Flouquet, Grenoble A. Ramirez, Santa Cruz E. Bauer, Vienna A. Galatanu, Romania F. Rivadulla, Compostela N. Berloff, Cambridge P. Gegenwart, Gottingen S. E. Sebastian, Cambridge D. Bonn, Vancouver L. Greene, Urbana V. Sechovsky, Prague J. van den Brink, Dresden H. Hwang, Tokyo S. Simon, Oxford R. Budhani, Delhi A. P. Mackenzie, St.Andrews D. Snoke, Pittsburgh P. Chandra, Piscataway N. Mathur, Cambridge J.C. Gomez-Sal, Santander S-W. Cheong, Rutgers K. Miyake, Osaka V. Tripathi, Mumbai P. Coleman, Piscataway A Navrotsky, Davis A. Vasiliev, Moscow M. Vojta, Cologne Local Committee S. E. Sebastian (chair) R. Needs J. Keeling N. Mathur E. Pugh D. Khmelnitskii M. Parish M. Carpenter M. Koehl M. Atature R. Cowburn W. Milne C. Barnes J. McManus Driscoll S. Redfern N. Berloff A. Ferrari D. Ritchie M. Blamire C. Grey J. Robertson J. Baumberg Z. Hadzibabic B. Simons A. Cheetham National Advisory Committee G. Aeppli, London V. Falko, Lancaster M. Pepper, Cambridge A. Ardavan, Oxford R. Friend, Cambridge T. Perring, Didcot P. Attfield, Edinburgh C. Frost, Rutherford J. Saunders, London A. Boothroyd, Oxford G. Gehring, Shefield A. Schofield, Birmingham A. Coldea, Oxford S. Hayden, Bristol N. Shannon, Bristol L. Eaves, Nottingham N. Hussey, Bristol M. Skolnick, Sheffield D. Edwards, London A. Huxley, Edinburgh S. Thompson, York M. Ellerby, London H. Wilhelm, Didcot International Advisory Committee E. Abrahams, UCLA G. Kotliar, Piscataway E. V. Sampathkumaran, Mumbai G. Aeppli, London D. Khmelnitskii, Cambridge UK J. Sarrao, Los Alamos J. W. Allen, Ann Arbor K. Kugel, Moscow J. Schilling, St. Louise P. W. Anderson, Princeton C. Lacroix, Grenoble A. Schofield, Birmingham M. Aronson, Stony Brook P. A. LeeCambridge, USA V. Sechovsky, Prague Y. K. Bang, Kwangju and Pohang C.T. Liang, Taipei T. Senthil, Cambridge, USA M. Barma, Mumbai P. Majumdar, Allahabad J. G. Sereni, Bariloche G. Baskaran, Chennai Y. Maeno, Kyoto K. Shimizu, Osaka E. Bauer, Vienna J. Mannhart, Augsburg Q. Si, Houston G. Boebinger, Tallahassee M. B. Maple, San Diego M. Sigrist, Zurich R. Budhani, Delhi Y. Matsuda, Kyoto A. Simoni, Trento P. Canfield, Ames R. Moessner, Dresden D. Singh, Oak Ridge M. Continentino, Rio di Janiero A. Millis, New York A. Sood, Bangalore S. Coppersmith, Madison J. Mydosh, Leiden J. Spalek, Krakow B. Coqblin, Paris S. Nakatsuji, Tokyo F. Steglich, Dresden A. Chubukov, Madison G. Oomi, Kyushu G. R. Stewart, Gainesville C. Di Castro, Rome R. Osborn, Chicago H. Takagi, Tokyo M. Eremets, Mainz S. Ovchnikov, Krasnoyarsk L. Taillefer, Sherbrooke M. Fiebig, Bonn C. Panagopoulos, Singapore & Heraklion J. D. Thompson, Los Alamos Z. FiskIrvine S. Paschen, Vienna Y. Tokura, Tokyo J. Flouquet, Grenoble C. Pfleiderer, Munich K. Ueda, Tokyo P. Fulde, Dresden P. Phillips, Urbana C. M. Varma, Riverside A. Geim, Manchester D. Pines, Davis T. Vojta, Rolla J.C. Gomez-Sal, Santander T. V. Ramakrishnan, Bangalore N.L. Wang, Beijing A. Kavokin, Southampton A.K. Raychaudhuri, Calcutta T. Xiang, Beijing J. Goodenough, Austin M. Reifers, Kosice L. Yu, Beijing H. Hosono, Tokyo P. Riseborough, Philadelphia F. C. Zhang, Hong Kong S. Julian, Toronto M. L Saboungi, Orleans G. Zwicknagl, Braunschweig Operational Team Anson Cheung (co-ordinator) Hyeong Jin Kim Paul Nahai-Williamson Beng Tan (co-ordinator) Jack Gillett Peter Logg Cheng Liu (co-ordinator) Jo Wensley Prajakti Kalra Swee K. Goh (co-ordinator) Jonathan Silver Richard Brierley Adam Halski Lara Sibley Robert Hay Edd Cavanna Leona Hope Seb Haines Felix Nissen Lina Klintberg Sitikantha Das Gareth Conduit Marianne Bauer Stephen Rowley Gerie Lonzarich Matt Burgess Sven Friedemann Greg Lever Muhammad Ahsan Zeb Yang Zou Hannah Price Nick Bristowe Yiqian Xu Haruka Taniguchi Oleksandr Poplavskyy Zhuo Feng