Joseph Maciejko, PhD

Associate Professor, Faculty of Science - Physics
Director, Faculty of Science - Physics

Contact

Associate Professor, Faculty of Science - Physics
Email
maciejko@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-2149
Address
3-209 Centennial Ctr For Interdisciplinary SCS II
11335 Saskatchewan Drive NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H5

Director, Faculty of Science - Physics
Email
maciejko@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics


About

Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Alberta, 2020-

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Alberta, 2014-2020

Director, Theoretical Physics Institute (TPI), University of Alberta, 2020-

Tier-II Canada Research Chair in Condensed Matter Theory, 2014-2024

Simons Postdoctoral Fellow (2011-2014), Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University


Ph.D. Physics (2011), Stanford University

M.Sc. Physics (2006), McGill University

B.Eng. Engineering Physics (2004), École Polytechnique de Montréal


Research

Theoretical condensed matter physics. Emergent phenomena in quantum many-body systems. Topological phases of matter including topological insulators, superconductors, and superfluids; topological semimetals; quantum Hall liquids and spin liquids. Quantum transport in low-dimensional systems and semiconductor physics. Fractionalization and strongly correlated systems. Field theories of many-body systems and connections between condensed matter physics and high-energy physics.

Courses

EN PH 131 - Mechanics

Kinematics and dynamics of particles; gravitation; work and energy; linear momentum; angular momentum; systems of particles; introduction to dynamics of rigid bodies. Prerequisites: MATH 100 or 117, and ENGG 130. Corequisite: MATH 101 or 118. Restricted to Engineering students. Other students who take this course will receive *3.0.


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Publications

Chiral Ising Gross-Neveu criticality of a single Dirac cone: A quantum Monte Carlo study

Author(s): S. M. Tabatabaei, A.-R. Negari, J. Maciejko, A. Vaezi
Publication Date: 6/3/2022
Publication: Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume: 128
Page Numbers: 225701
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.225701
External Link: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.225701

Crystallography of hyperbolic lattices

Author(s): I. Boettcher, A. V. Gorshkov, A. J. Kollár, J. Maciejko, S. Rayan, R. Thomale
Publication Date: 3/15/2022
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 105
Page Numbers: 125118
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.125118
External Link: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.125118

Automorphic Bloch theorems for hyperbolic lattices

Author(s): J. Maciejko, S. Rayan
Publication Date: 2/25/2022
Publication: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.
Volume: 119
Page Numbers: e2116869119
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2116869119
External Link: https://www.pnas.org/content/119/9/e2116869119

Surface Bogoliubov-Dirac cones and helical Majorana hinge modes in superconducting Dirac semimetals

Author(s): M. Kheirkhah, Z.-Y. Zhuang, J. Maciejko, Z. Yan
Publication Date: 1/14/2022
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 105
Page Numbers: 014509
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.014509
External Link: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.014509

Triangular pair density wave in confined superfluid 3He

Author(s): P. Senarath Yapa, R. Boyack, J. Maciejko
Publication Date: 1/7/2022
Publication: Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume: 128
Page Numbers: 015301
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.015301
External Link: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.015301

LaN structural and topological transitions driven by temperature and pressure

Author(s): W.-C. Chen, C.-M. Lin, J. Maciejko, C.-C. Chen
Publication Date: 12/1/2021
Publication: Comput. Mater. Sci.
Volume: 200
Page Numbers: 110779
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.110779
External Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.110779

Strong-coupling corrections to hard domain walls in superfluid 3He-B

Author(s): M. J. Rudd, P. Senarath Yapa, A. J. Shook, J. Maciejko, J. P. Davis
Publication Date: 9/22/2021
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 104
Page Numbers: 094520
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.104.094520
External Link: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.094520

Hyperbolic band theory

Author(s): J. Maciejko, S. Rayan
Publication Date: 9/3/2021
Publication: Sci. Adv.
Volume: 7
Page Numbers: abe9170
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe9170
External Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciadv.abe9170

Symmetry-breaking effects of instantons in parton gauge theories

Author(s): G. Shankar, J. Maciejko
Publication Date: 7/16/2021
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 104
Page Numbers: 035134
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.104.035134
External Link: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.035134

Quantum phase transitions in Dirac fermion systems

Author(s): R. Boyack, H. Yerzhakov, J. Maciejko
Publication Date: 5/25/2021
Publication: Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top.
Volume: 230
Page Numbers: 979
DOI: 10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00069-1
External Link: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00069-1

Random-mass disorder in the critical Gross-Neveu-Yukawa models

Author(s): H. Yerzhakov, J. Maciejko
Publication Date: 2021
Publication: Nucl. Phys. B
Volume: 962
Page Numbers: 115241
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2020.115241
External Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2020.115241

Revisiting the Ramond sector of the N=1 superconformal minimal models

Author(s): C. Chen, J. Maciejko
Publication Date: 12/1/2020
Publication: Phys. Rev. D
Volume: 102
Page Numbers: 121701(R)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.102.121701
External Link: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.121701

Antiferromagnetic transitions of Dirac fermions in three dimensions

Author(s): Y. Huang, H. Guo, J. Maciejko, R. T. Scalettar, S. Feng
Publication Date: 10/30/2020
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 102
Page Numbers: 155152
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.155152
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.155152

Critical exponents for the valence-bond-solid transition in lattice quantum electrodynamics

Author(s): R. Boyack, J. Maciejko
Publication Date: 8/8/2020
Publication: Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries (QTS-XI), edited by M. B. Paranjape, R. MacKenzie, Z. Thomova, P. Winternitz, and W. Witczak-Krempa (CRM Series in Mathematical Physics, Springer, 2021)
Page Numbers: 337-345
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-55777-5_32
External Link: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55777-5_32

Critical properties of the valence-bond-solid transition in lattice quantum electrodynamics

Author(s): N. Zerf, R. Boyack, P. Marquard, J. A. Gracey, J. Maciejko
Publication Date: 5/14/2020
Publication: Phys. Rev. D
Volume: 101
Page Numbers: 094505
External Link: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.094505

Stabilized pair density wave via nanoscale confinement of superfluid 3He

Author(s): A. J. Shook, V. Vadakumbatt, P. Senarath Yapa, C. Doolin, R. Boyack, P. H. Kim, G. G. Popowich, F. Souris, H. Christiani, J. Maciejko, J. P. Davis
Publication Date: 1/3/2020
Publication: Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume: 124
Page Numbers: 015301
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.015301

Critical properties of the Néel—algebraic-spin-liquid transition

Author(s): N. Zerf, R. Boyack, P. Marquard, J. A. Gracey, J. Maciejko
Publication Date: 12/19/2019
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 100
Page Numbers: 235130
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.235130

Exactly solvable Majorana-Anderson impurity models

Author(s): G. Shankar, J. Maciejko
Publication Date: 12/12/2019
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 100
Page Numbers: 241105(R)
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.241105

Superconductivity of disordered Dirac fermions

Author(s): R. Nandkishore, J. Maciejko, D. A. Huse, S. L. Sondhi
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 87
Page Numbers: 174511
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.174511

Superconducting quantum criticality of topological surface states at three loops

Author(s): N. Zerf, C.-H. Lin, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 94
Page Numbers: 205106
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.205106

Superconductivity of disordered Dirac fermions in graphene

Author(s): I. D. Potirniche, J. Maciejko, R. Nandkishore, S. L. Sondhi
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 90
Page Numbers: 094516
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.094516

Surface Majorana fermions and bulk collective modes in superfluid 3He-B

Author(s): Y. J. Park, S. B. Chung, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 91
Page Numbers: 054507
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.054507

The quantum spin Hall effect

Author(s): J. Maciejko, T. L. Hughes, S. C. Zhang
Publication: Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys.
Volume: 2
Page Numbers: 31
External Link: http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-062910-140538

Theory of nonequilibrium transient transport in nanostructures

Author(s): J. Maciejko, Y. Zhu, J. Wang, H. Guo
Publication: Int. J. Nanotechnol.
Volume: 5
Page Numbers: 1094
External Link: https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=19833

Time-dependent quantum transport: direct analysis in the time domain

Author(s): Y. Zhu, J. Maciejko, T. Ji, H. Guo, J. Wang
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 71
Page Numbers: 075317
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.71.075317

Time-dependent quantum transport far from equilibrium: An exact nonlinear response theory

Author(s): J. Maciejko, J. Wang, H. Guo
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 74
Page Numbers: 085324
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.74.085324

Time-resolved imaging of negative differential resistance on the atomic scale

Author(s): M. Rashidi, M. Taucer, I. Ozfidan, E. Lloyd, H. Labidi, J. L. Pitters, J. Maciejko, R. A. Wolkow
Publication: Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume: 117
Page Numbers: 276805
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.276805

Topological order in a correlated Chern insulator

Author(s): J. Maciejko, A. Rüegg
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 88
Page Numbers: 241101(R)
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.241101

Topological order in a correlated three-dimensional topological insulator

Author(s): J. Maciejko, V. Chua, G. A. Fiete
Publication: Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume: 112
Page Numbers: 016404
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.016404

Topological quantization in units of the fine structure constant

Author(s): J. Maciejko, X. L. Qi, H. D. Drew, S. C. Zhang
Publication: Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume: 105
Page Numbers: 166803
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.166803

Transition between algebraic and Z2 quantum spin liquids at large N

Author(s): R. Boyack, C.-H. Lin, N. Zerf, A. Rayyan, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 98
Page Numbers: 035137
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.035137

Unconventional transport in low-density two-dimensional Rashba systems

Author(s): J. Hutchinson, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 98
Page Numbers: 195305
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.195305

Universality of low-energy Rashba scattering

Author(s): J. Hutchinson, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 96
Page Numbers: 125304
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.125304

Weyl semimetals with short-range interactions

Author(s): J. Maciejko, R. Nandkishore
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 90
Page Numbers: 035126
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.035126

Fermionic symmetry-protected topological phase in a two-dimensional Hubbard model

Author(s): C.-C. Chen, L. Muechler, R. Car, T. Neupert, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume: 117
Page Numbers: 096405
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.096405

Kondo effect in the helical edge liquid of the quantum spin Hall state

Author(s): J. Maciejko, C. X. Liu, Y. Oreg, X. L. Qi, C. Wu, S. C. Zhang
Publication: Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume: 102
Page Numbers: 256803
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.256803

Holographic fractional topological insulators in 2+1 and 1+1 dimensions

Author(s): A. Karch, J. Maciejko, T. Takayanagi
Publication: Phys. Rev. D
Volume: 82
Page Numbers: 126003
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.82.126003

Gapless helical superconductivity on the surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator

Author(s): I. Ozfidan, J. Han, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 94
Page Numbers: 214510
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.214510

Fractionalized topological insulators

Author(s): J. Maciejko, G. A. Fiete
Publication: Nature Physics
Volume: 11
Page Numbers: 385
External Link: http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v11/n5/abs/nphys3311.html

Fractional topological insulators in three dimensions

Author(s): J. Maciejko, X. L. Qi, A. Karch, S. C. Zhang
Publication: Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume: 105
Page Numbers: 246809
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.246809

Fractional quantum Hall phases of bosons with tunable interactions: From the Laughlin liquid to a fractional Wigner crystal

Author(s): T. Graß, P. Bienias, M. J. Gullans, R. Lundgren, J. Maciejko, A. V. Gorshkov
Publication: Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume: 121
Page Numbers: 253403
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.253403

Fractional Josephson effect in nonuniformly strained graphene

Author(s): S.-P. Lee, D. Nandi, F. Marsiglio, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 95
Page Numbers: 174517
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.174517

Field theory of the quantum Hall nematic transition

Author(s): J. Maciejko, B. Hsu, S. A. Kivelson, Y. J. Park, S. L. Sondhi
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 88
Page Numbers: 125137
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.125137

Kondo lattice on the edge of a two-dimensional topological insulator

Author(s): J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 85
Page Numbers: 245108
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.245108

Evidence of a fractional quantum Hall nematic phase in a microscopic model

Author(s): N. Regnault, J. Maciejko, S. A. Kivelson, S. L. Sondhi
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 96
Page Numbers: 035150
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.035150

Emergence of supersymmetric quantum electrodynamics

Author(s): S.-K. Jian, C.-H. Lin, J. Maciejko, H. Yao
Publication: Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume: 118
Page Numbers: 166802
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.166802

Disordered fermionic quantum critical points

Author(s): H. Yerzhakov, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 98
Page Numbers: 195142
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.195142

Deconfined criticality in the QED3-Gross-Neveu-Yukawa model: the 1/N expansion revisited

Author(s): R. Boyack, A. Rayyan, J. Maciejko
Publication: arXiv:1812.02720
External Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.02720

Current fluctuations in the transient regime: An exact formulation for mesoscopic systems

Author(s): Z. Feng, J. Maciejko, J. Wang, H. Guo
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 77
Page Numbers: 075302
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.77.075302

Critical behavior of the QED3-Gross-Neveu-Yukawa model at four loops

Author(s): N. Zerf, P. Marquard, R. Boyack, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 98
Page Numbers: 165125
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.165125

Conductance and noise signatures of Majorana backscattering

Author(s): S. B. Chung, X. L. Qi, J. Maciejko, S. C. Zhang
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 83
Page Numbers: 100512(R)
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.100512

Composite particle theory of three-dimensional gapped fermionic phases: Fractional topological insulators and charge-loop excitation symmetry

Author(s): P. Ye, T. L. Hughes, J. Maciejko, E. Fradkin
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 94
Page Numbers: 115104
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.115104

Landau theory of helical Fermi liquids

Author(s): R. Lundgren, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume: 115
Page Numbers: 066401
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.066401

Magnetoconductance of the quantum spin Hall state

Author(s): J. Maciejko, X. L. Qi, S. C. Zhang
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 82
Page Numbers: 155310
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.155310

Möbius molecules and fragile Mott insulators

Author(s): L. Muechler, J. Maciejko, T. Neupert, R. Car
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 90
Page Numbers: 245142
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.245142

Models of three-dimensional fractional topological insulators

Author(s): J. Maciejko, X. L. Qi, A. Karch, S. C. Zhang
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 86
Page Numbers: 235128
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.235128

Nematic order on the surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator

Author(s): R. Lundgren, H. Yerzhakov, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 96
Page Numbers: 235140
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.235140

Nonlinear power spectral densities for the harmonic oscillator

Author(s): B. D. Hauer, J. Maciejko, J. P. Davis
Publication: Ann. Phys. (N.Y.)
Volume: 361
Page Numbers: 148
External Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aop.2015.05.031

Nonlocal transport in the quantum spin Hall state

Author(s): A. Roth, C. Brüne, H. Buhmann, L. W. Molenkamp, J. Maciejko, X. L. Qi, S. C. Zhang
Publication: Science
Volume: 325
Page Numbers: 294
External Link: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/325/5938/294

Odd-frequency superconductivity in a nanowire coupled to Majorana zero modes

Author(s): S.-P. Lee, R. M. Lutchyn, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 95
Page Numbers: 184506
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.184506

Optical conductivity of topological surface states with emergent supersymmetry

Author(s): W. Witczak-Krempa, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume: 116
Page Numbers: 100402
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.100402

Orbital order and spontaneous orthorhombicity in iron pnictides

Author(s): C.-C. Chen, J. Maciejko, A. P. Sorini, B. Moritz, R. R. P. Singh, T. P. Devereaux
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 82
Page Numbers: 100504(R)
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.100504

Quantum cluster approach to the spinful Haldane-Hubbard model

Author(s): J. Wu, J. P. L. Faye, D. Sénéchal, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 93
Page Numbers: 075131
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.075131

Rashba scattering in the low-energy limit

Author(s): J. Hutchinson, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 93
Page Numbers: 245309
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.245309

Simple Z2 lattice gauge theories at finite fermion density

Author(s): C. Prosko, S.-P. Lee, J. Maciejko
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 96
Page Numbers: 205104
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.205104

Spin Aharonov-Bohm effect and topological spin transistor

Author(s): J. Maciejko, E.-A. Kim, X. L. Qi
Publication: Phys. Rev. B
Volume: 82
Page Numbers: 195409
External Link: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.195409

Spin polarization of the quantum spin Hall edge states

Author(s): C. Brüne, A. Roth, H. Buhmann, E. M. Hankiewicz, L. W. Molenkamp, J. Maciejko, X. L. Qi, S. C. Zhang
Publication: Nature Physics
Volume: 8
Page Numbers: 485
External Link: http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v8/n6/full/nphys2322.html