The future of the correlated electron problem
A. Alexandradinata, N. P. Armitage, Andrey Baydin, Wenli Bi, Yue Cao, Hitesh J. Changlani, Eli Chertkov, Eduardo H. da Silva Neto, Luca Delacretaz, Ismail El Baggari, G. M. Ferguson, William J. Gannon, Sayed Ali Akbar Ghorashi, Berit H. Goodge, Olga Goulko, G. Grissonnanche, Alannah Hallas, Ian M. Hayes, Yu He, Edwin W. Huang, Anshul Kogar, Divine Kumah, Jong Yeon Lee, A. Legros, Fahad Mahmood, Yulia Maximenko, Nick Pellatz, Hryhoriy Polshyn, Tarapada Sarkar, Allen Scheie, Kyle L. Seyler, Zhenzhong Shi, Brian Skinner, Lucia Steinke, K. Thirunavukkuarasu, Thaís Victa Trevisan, Michael Vogl, Pavel A. Volkov, Yao Wang, Yishu Wang, Di Wei, Kaya Wei, Shuolong Yang, Xian Zhang, Ya-Hui Zhang, Liuyan Zhao, Alfred Zong
SciPost Phys. Comm. Rep. 8 (2025) · published 25 June 2025
- doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhysCommRep.8
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Abstract
A central problem in modern condensed matter physics is the understanding of materials with strong electron correlations. Despite extensive work, the essential physics of many of these systems is not understood and there is very little ability to make predictions in this class of materials. In this manuscript we share our personal views on the major open problems in the field of correlated electron systems. We discuss some possible routes to make progress in this rich and fascinating field. This manuscript is the result of the vigorous discussions and deliberations that took place at Johns Hopkins University during a three-day workshop January 27, 28, and 29, 2020 that brought together six senior scientists and 46 more junior scientists. Our hope, is that the topics we have presented will provide inspiration for others working in this field and motivation for the idea that significant progress can be made on very hard problems if we focus our collective energies.
Authors / Affiliations: mappings to Contributors and Organizations
See all Organizations.- 1 Aris Alexandradinata,
- 2 N. Peter Armitage,
- 3 Andrey Baydin,
- 4 Wenli Bi,
- 5 Yue Cao,
- 6 7 Hitesh Changlani,
- 1 Eli Chertkov,
- 8 9 Eduardo Da Silva Neto,
- 10 Luca V. Delacrétaz,
- 11 Ismail El Baggari,
- 11 Michael Sven Ferguson,
- 12 William J. Gannon,
- 13 Sayed Ali Akbar Ghorashi,
- 11 Berit H. Goodge,
- 14 15 Olga Goulko,
- 11 Gaël Grissonnanche,
- 16 Alannah Hallas,
- 17 Ian Hayes,
- 9 18 Yu He,
- 1 Edwin Huang,
- 19 Anshul Kogar,
- 20 Divine Kumah,
- 21 Jong Yeon Lee,
- 2 A. Legros,
- 1 Fahad Mahmood,
- 1 Yulia Maximenko,
- 22 Nick Pellatz,
- 23 Hryhoriy Polshyn,
- 17 Tarapada Sarkar,
- 24 Allen Scheie,
- 25 Kyle Seyler,
- 26 Zhenzhong Shi,
- 27 Brian Skinner,
- 7 28 Lucia Steinke,
- 29 K. Thirunavukkuarasu,
- 30 Thaís Victa Trevisan,
- 31 Michael Vogl,
- 32 Pavel Volkov,
- 33 Yao Wang,
- 2 Yishu Wang,
- 34 Di Wei,
- 7 Kaya Wei,
- 10 Shuolong Yang,
- 35 Xian Zhang,
- 21 Ya-Hui Zhang,
- 36 Liuyan Zhao,
- 9 37 Alfred Zong
- 1 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign [UIUC]
- 2 Johns Hopkins University [JHU]
- 3 Rice University
- 4 Université d'alabama à birmingham / University of Alabama at Birmingham [UAB]
- 5 Argonne National Laboratory [ANL]
- 6 Florida State University [FSU]
- 7 National High Magnetic Field Laboratory [MagLab]
- 8 University of California, Davis [UCD]
- 9 Yale University
- 10 University of Chicago [UC]
- 11 Cornell University [CU]
- 12 University of Kentucky
- 13 College of William & Mary [W&M]
- 14 Boise State University [BSU]
- 15 University of Massachusetts Boston
- 16 University of British Columbia [UBC]
- 17 University of Maryland, College Park [UMCP]
- 18 University of California, Berkeley [UCBL]
- 19 University of California Los Angeles [UCLA]
- 20 North Carolina State University [NCSU]
- 21 Harvard University
- 22 University of Colorado Boulder [UCB]
- 23 University of California, Santa Barbara [UCSB]
- 24 Oak Ridge National Laboratory [ORNL]
- 25 California Institute of Technology [CalTech]
- 26 Duke University
- 27 The Ohio State University [OSU]
- 28 University of Florida [UF]
- 29 Universidad Agrónoma y Mecánica de Florida / Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University [FAMU]
- 30 Ames Laboratory
- 31 جامعة الملك فهد للبترول والمعادن / King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals [KFUPM]
- 32 Rutgers University [RU]
- 33 Université de clemson / Clemson University
- 34 Stanford University [SU]
- 35 Stevens Institute of Technology
- 36 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor [UM]
- 37 Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT]
- Adolph C. and Mary Sprague Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, University of California Berkeley (through Organization: University of California, Berkeley [UCBL])
- Army Research Office (ARO) (through Organization: United States Army Research Laboratory [ARL])
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- National Science Foundation [NSF]
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory [ORNL]
- State of Florida
- United States Department of Energy [DOE]