The participants of the Munich Quantum Matter Days at the IAS, 29 October 2025. Photo by Laura Richter, TUM FRM II.
Recent years have seen significant advancements in our understanding of strongly correlated quantum materials, characterized by extensive many-body entanglement. These developments have been propelled by discoveries of new materials and breakthroughs in experimental techniques.
However, despite simultaneous improvements in the theoretical understanding of ground state properties and their classification, our grasp of experimentally accessible response functions remains incomplete. Advancing our theoretical descriptions of the dynamics of collective excitations is crucial for diagnozing and characterizing new quantum states of matter.
This workshop aims to bridge this gap by fostering theoretical and experimental collaborations to deepen our understanding of quantum materials, with a particular focus on spin-orbit coupled quantum phases of matter.
Pictures from the excursion to Kloster Andechs on 29 October 2025.
Image credit to Alexander Grimm
