University of Heidelberg

XXIV Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days - Programme

The XXIV Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days of the Heidelberg Graduate School of Fundamental Physics and the Department of Physics and Astronomy take place from 06.04. - 09.04.2010. 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 24th time this spring!

The courses are organised 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 four days either in a morning or afternoon slot.

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

Programme

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Hans Jensen Invited Lecture:

Physikalisches Institut, Philosophenweg 12, Großer Hörsaal

" Using Ultracold Atoms to learn about Dense Nuclear and QCD Matter "

Gordon Baym

(University of Illinois)

Regular Course Programme

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

Niels Christensen
(Risø National Laboratory and TU Denmark, Copenhagen)
Neutron Scattering: "Where atoms are and what atoms do"
Fritz Roepke
(Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching)
Introduction to Computational Astrophysics
Stefan Rotter
(Technical University, Vienna)
Transport through nanostructures in the quantum-to-classical crossover
Helge Voss
(Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg)
Modern Techniques in Statistics and Data Analysis
Sita Schanne
(Heidelberg University)
Scientific Writing

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

Sebastian Diehl
(University of Innsbruck)
Many-Body Quantum Physics with Cold Atoms
Tilman Plehn
(Heidelberg University)
New Physics at the LHC
Heinz Horner
(Heidelberg University)
Biological Background and Theoretical Models of Brain Functions
Thorsten Lisker
(Heidelberg University)
From Tiny Galaxies to Huge Clusters - a Guided Tour Through the Local Universe
Ulrich Katz
(University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
Neutrino Astronomy
Jens Schöbel
(Crytek, Frankfurt am Main)
A practical course teaching C++, a modern, general purpose and high performance computer programming language

Additional Lecture

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

Hannelore Hämmerle, from the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching

will give a talk on

Making Science Understandable