University of Heidelberg

XXII Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days - Programme

The XXII Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days of the Heidelberg Graduate School of Fundamental Physics and the Department of Physics take place from 23.03. - 27.03.2009. Participants from other universities are very welcome!

Welcome

Welcome to the Physics Graduate Days. The courses are open for advanced students, in particular those working on their Diploma, Master’s and doctoral theses. Our aim is to offer courses that broaden the physics knowledge of our students as well as to teach specialized techniques.

The Graduate Days take place for the 22nd time this spring!

The courses are organized as parallel block lectures, with the morning lectures taking place from 9:30 to 12:30 and the afternoon lectures from 14:00 to 17:00, including coffee breaks. There is also a free lunch each day included in your registration. Note that each course runs every day for five days either in a morning or afternoon slot.

In addition to the courses, there is a special lecture on Monday evening, as well as the Hans Jensen lecture, which will take place on Wednesday. On Monday evening, snacks will be provided and on Wednesday evening, after the Hans Jensen lecture, there is a traditional barbeque, that is also covered with registration. To take part in the XXII Graduate Days, please register yourself here.

The final programme can be downloaded here:

Programme

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Hans Jensen Invited Lecture:

Physikalisches Institut, Philosophenweg 12, Großer Hörsaal

" Testing the limits of quantum mechanics: motivation, state of play, prospects "

Anthony Leggett

(Nobel Laureate; University of Illinois)

Regular Course Programme

Morning Courses (Mo-Fr, 9:30 - 12:30)

Daoxin Yao*
(Purdue University)
Introduction to Superconductivity
Lincoln Carr
(Colorado School of Mines)
Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Many Body Systems
Achim Wixforth
(University of Augsburg)
Aspects of Nanotechnology: Nano Quakes on a chip
Daniel Litim
(University of Sussex)
News from Quantum Gravity
Giridhari Lal Pandit
(University of Delhi)
Rethinking Science Studies, Methodology, Ethics and the International Political Economy of the Environment

Afternoon Courses (Mo-Fr, 14:00 - 17:00)

Christos Panagopoulos
(University of Crete)
Complex matter on the border of magnetism
Matthias Weidemüller
(University of Heidelberg)
Dipolar quantum gases
Mike Reed
(Missouri State University )
Observational Asteroseismology
Peter Fischer
(Technical computation, University of Mannheim)
Silicon detectors
Falk Bruckmann
(University of Regensburg)
QCD goes nonperturbative: Topology and the Lattice
Ute Leidig
(Department of Key Competencies, University of Heidelberg)
Presenting Research Results

Additional Lecture

On Monday evening at 17:30 (s.t.), we will have an industry lecture, followed by a general welcome party.

Andreas Mielke from VMS AG

will give a talk on

Analysing large IT systems: A physicist's point of view

*Unfortunately Daoxin Yao cannot come, and Boris Fine has kindly agreed to give these lectures.