The school of the GDR 2426 of quantum mesoscopic physics will take place from Monday, October 31, 2016 to Saturday, November 12, 2016 at Cargèse Scientific Studies Institute (IESC, Corsica, France). The arrival will be on Monday, October 31 in the afternoon and the departure on Saturday morning, November 12th. The courses will start on the morning of Tuesday, November 1 (All Saints Day) and will end on the evening of Friday, November 11 (Armistice).

The main objective of this Cargèse 2016 school, a continuation of the schools Aussois 2005, Cargèse 2008 and Cargèse 2012 is the continuing education of CNRS researchers as well as the new players in mesoscopic physics (PhD students and post-doctoral, or even master students 2; the school is alos open to permanent researchers). The focus is both on the acquisition of basic knowledge in mesoscopic physics (Landauer-Büttiker formalism, Coulomb blockade in quantum dots, quantum Hall effect and its edge channels, etc.) and on the discovery of current and emerging subjects (two-dimensional materials, topological insulators, Majorana fermions, low-noise measurements, many-body localization, etc.) to the forefront of research.

Registration fees for the school amount to 800 euros, except for CNRS-paid researchers and for speakers for which the registration is free (but they must still register and a pay a 0 euro bill). Registration fees include accommodation, some meals (lunches mostly) and the shuttles between the airport and the IESC. But they do not include the trip to Corsica and the majority of diners. The deadline for pre-registration is 30 June 2016. The registration procedure is detailed here. Warning: this is not so easy ...

All participants in school may bring a poster to present their research (see the tab "Submit a poster" in the left menu).

The courses/seminars will be in English.

BASIC COURSES

• Coherent and ballistic transport (J. Splettstösser)
• Weak and strong localization (D. Delande)
• Graphene, two-dimensional materials and Dirac fermions (J. Cayssol)
• Mesoscopic superconductivity and hybrid systems (H. Pothier and Ch. Brun)
• Topological phases and quantum Hall effects (M. Goerbig)
• High-frequency transport (X. Waintal)
• Interactions in nanostructures (S. Florens)

SEMINARS

• Van der Waals heterostructures and multilayers (B. Sacépé)
  
• Weak measurements in quantum physics (B. Huard)   
• Diamond's N/V centers and implanted atoms (V. Jacques)   
• Nano-mechanics (O. Arcizet)   
• Many-body localization (F. Alet)
  
• Berry phases in solids (F. Piéchon)   
• Disordered superconductors (C. Chapelier)  
• Low-noise measurements (F. Parmentier)
  
• Anyons and topological order (J. Vidal)
  

ORGANIZERS

Scientific Committee of the GDR 2426 of mesoscopic quantum physics directed by Bernard Plaçais (LPA ENS Paris) and Mark Goerbig (CNRS, LPS Orsay)

Jean-Noël Fuchs (CNRS and UPMC Paris) fuchs@lptmc.jussieu.fr

Julia Meyer (Université Grenoble Alpes) julia.meyer@ujf-grenoble.fr

Fabien Portier (CEA Saclay) fabien.portier@cea.fr

SECRETARY

Marie-France Mariotto (CNRS, LPS Orsay) mariotto@lps.u-psud.fr


The school logo represents the so-called "Hoftstadter butterfly" (i.e. the energy of an electron as a function of the magnetic flux per unit cell for a tight-binding model on the square lattice). The color depends on the quantized Hall conductivity in the gaps (D. Osachdy and J. Avron, J. Math. Phys. 42, 5665 (2001)).