Theory of Quantum Gases and Quantum Coherence

Scientific Programme

THURSDAY, June 12

9:00-12:35: FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION
9:00-9:45: A. Griffin (Toronto): Overview lecture
9:45-10:20: B. Jackson (Trento): Dynamics of quantum degenerate gases at finite temperatures
10:20-10:55: S. Jonsell (Uppsala) The three-boson system
10:55-11:25: Coffee Break
11:25-12:00: S. Kokkelmans (ENS): Atoms and molecules in degenerate gases with strong interactions
12:00-12:35: R. Duine (Utrecht): Microscopic many-body theory of Feshbach-resonant interactions in atomic gases


13:00-15:00: Lunch and Leisure


15:00-18:35: LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS
15:00-15:45: M. Olshanii (Los Angeles): Overview lecture
15:45-16:20: D. Gangardt (ENS): Correlation properties of one-dimensional gases
16:20-16:55: M.A. Cazalilla (San Sebastian): Atomic Luttinger liquids
16:55-17:25: Coffee Break
17:25-18:00: L. Pricoupenko (Paris): Gaussian variational approach for 2D BEC
18:00-18:35: D. Blume (Washington): Fermionization of a bosonic gas under highly-elongated confinement: a diffusion quantum Monte Carlo study


20:00: Dinner


FRIDAY, June 13

9:00-12:35: FERMI SYSTEMS AND BOSE-FERMI MIXTURES
9:00-9:45: R. Combescot (ENS): Overview lecture
9:45-10:20: G. Modugno (LENS): Experiments with Bose-Fermi mixtures
10:20-10:55: H. Heiselberg (Odense): Strongly interacting fermions
10:55-11:25: Coffee Break
11:25-12:00: F. Toschi (Roma): Dynamics of a trapped two-component Fermi gas: temperature dependence of the transition from collisionless to collisional regime
12:00-12:35: E. Altman (Harvard): Bosonic and fermionic atoms in optical lattices


13:00-15:45: Lunch and Leisure


POSTER SESSION
15:45-16:55: POSTER SESSION
16:55-17:25: Coffee Break
17:25-18:35 POSTER SESSION


20:00: Dinner


SATURDAY, June 14

9:00-12:35: ROTATIONAL PROPERTIES, VORTICES, TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES
9:00-9:45: J. Dalibard (ENS): Overview lecture
9:45-10:20: P. Engels (JILA): Experiments with rapidly rotating BEC's
10:20-10:55: M. Cozzini (Trento): Atomic gases in rotating traps
10:55-11:25: Coffee Break
11:25-12:00: E. Mueller (Columbus): Textures in rotating spin-1 Bose condensates
12:00-12:35: E. Lundh (Helsinki): Rotation of a Bose gas with attractive interactions


13:00-15:00: Lunch and Leisure


15:00-18:35: TRANSPORT AND COHERENCE PHENOMENA IN OPTICAL LATTICES
15:00-15:45: W. Zwerger (Munich): Overview lecture
15:45-16:20: M. Greiner (JILA): Ultracold atoms in spin-dependent optical lattice potentials
16:20-16:55: R. Roth (Darmstadt): Phase diagram of bosons in optical superlattices: superfluidity, coherence, and experimental observables
16:55-17:25: Coffee Break
17:25-18:00: D. Jaksch (Oxford): Dynamical creation of entanglement by quantum phase transitions
18:00-18:35: B. Paredes (Munich): Strongly correlated effects with atoms in optical lattices


Closing of the workshop


20:00: Dinner

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