Theory of Quantum Gases and Quantum Coherence

29 October - 2 November 2005 (Cortona, Italy)



Scientific Program


Sunday, October the 30th


Morning Session - Quantum Phases


8:30 Opening  
8:45 Rosario Fazio Quantum phase transitions in optical lattices
9:30 Olivier Parcollet Interaction-induced adiabatic cooling and antiferromagnetism of cold fermions in optical lattices
10:05 Michael Köhl Strongly interacting fermions in optical lattices
10:40

Coffee break

11:10 Corinna Kollath Spin-charge separation in cold Fermi gases: a real-time analysis
11:45 Matthias Vojta Quantum criticality and exotic phases in condensed matter
12:20 Henning Fehrmann Quantum gases in the trimerised Kagomé lattice

13:00 - 15:00 Lunch


Afternoon Session - Quantum State Engineering


15:00 Fabrizio Illuminati

15:45 Jacob Sherson Entanglement and quantum memory with macroscopic gas samples
16:20 Giovanna Morigi Extracting atoms on demand with lasers
16:55

Coffee break

17:25 Andrew Daley Fault-tolerant dissipative preparation of atomic quantum registers with fermions
18:00 Ana María Rey Extended fermionization of 1D bosons in optical lattices

19:30 Dinner



Monday, October the 31st

Morning Session - Disordered Systems


9:00 Thierry Giamarchi Disordered quantum systems
9:45 Robin Kaiser Coherence of waves in random media: coherent backscattering of light by cold atoms
10:30

Coffee break

11:00 Laurent Sanchez-Palencia Ultracold Fermi-Bose mixtures in inhomogeneous and disordered optical lattices
11:35 Jessica Lye Experiments with condensates in random optical potentials
12:10 Walter Hofstetter Disorder versus interaction in ultracold atomic systems

13:00 - 15:00 Lunch


Afternoon Session


15:00 - 17:00 Poster session
17:00 - 17:30 Coffee break
17:30 - 19:00 Poster session

19:30 Dinner



Tuesday, November the 1st


Morning Session - Fermionic Superfluidity


9:00 Carlos Sá de Melo Evolution from BCS to BEC superfluidity in dilute Fermi gases
9:45 Cindy Regal Studying the BCS-BEC crossover regime with a Fermi gas of atoms
10:20

Coffee break

10:50 Pierbiagio Pieri Diagrammatic theory for the BCS-BEC crossover
11:25 Johannes Hecker Denschlag BEC-BCS crossover with an ultracold gas of 6Li atoms
12:00 Giuliano Orso Superfluid Fermi gas in a 1D optical lattice

13:00 - 15:00 Lunch


Afternoon Session - Fluctuations and Correlations in Quantum Gases


15:00 Gordon Baym New states of quantum gases
15:45 Francesca Federici Superradiant scattering from hydrodynamic vortices
16:20 Sabine Stock Observation of phase defects in 2D Bose-Einstein condensates
16:55

Coffee break

17:25 Paolo Pedri Bose-Einstein condensate of dipolar gases
18:00 Nicolas Regnault Composite fermionization of bosons in rapidly rotating atomic traps
18:35

Closing remarks


19:30 Dinner



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