SCES '08 - concluding remarks

TL;DR

This paper summarizes recent discoveries of unconventional phenomena in correlated systems like heavy fermions, cuprates, and iron pnictides, exploring their similarities, differences, and the potential of cold atoms to emulate such phases.

Contribution

It reviews the latest findings in strongly correlated systems and discusses open questions about the universality and simulation of these phenomena in cold atom setups.

Findings

Discovery of unconventional phenomena near quantum critical points

Analysis of similarities and differences among correlated materials

Discussion on cold atom systems mimicking correlated phases

Abstract

This year's SCES has proved exciting in the array of unconventional phenomena discovered both in novel systems, and by the renewed investigation of age-old systems, arguably in the vicinity of QCPs. From heavy fermion systems, to cuprate superconductors, and in a new twist iron pnictide superconductors - some questions remain: just how similar or different are correlated phenomena in these systems? Further, how ubiquitous are ultra-strongly correlated effects such as the fractional quantum Hall effect (QHE), and can cold atom systems mimic such correlated phases? We shall discuss some of these issues here.