XXVI Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days - Programme

The XXVI Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days of the Heidelberg Graduate School of Fundamental Physics and the Department of Physics take place from 4. - 8. April 2011. 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 26th 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 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 Thursday. On Monday evening, snacks will be provided and on Thursday evening, there is a traditional barbecue, that is also covered with registration. To take part in the XXVI Graduate Days, please register yourself here.

The final programme - including room allocations - can be downloaded here:

Programme - Flyer

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Please note that the room allocation will be finalized shortly before the lectures start. Details can be found then on this website.

Hans Jensen Invited Lecture

on Thursday, 7th April 2011, at 17:30 (s.t.)
Physikalisches Institut, Philosophenweg 12, Großer Hörsaal

Astrophysical Black Holes

Ramesh Narayan

(Harvard University)

Barbecue

After the Hans Jensen Invited Lecture, we will have the d-fine barbecue!

Regular Course Programme

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

Dmitry Antonov (Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon)	Non-perturbative methods in gauge theories
Mikhail Kiselev (Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics,Trieste )	The Kondo effect in nanostructures
Andreas Hense (Meteorological Institute, University of Bonn)	Climate Physics
Massimo Pietroni (Padua University, Italy)	Cosmological perturbations for the large scale structure of the universe: towards the translinear frontier.
Heather Ray (University of Florida)	Neutrinos: From their discovery to modern puzzles
Oliver Morsch (University of Pisa)	From optical molasses to quantum simulators: Principles and applications of ultra-cold atoms

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

Karlheinz Meier (Heidelberg University)	Brain-inspired computing
Florian Rodler and Florian Freistetter (Institut de Ciències de l'Espai, Barcelona, and Heidelberg University)	Extrasolar planets
Detlef Dürr (Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich)	Quantum Physics without Quantum Philosophy
Giridhari Pandit (Delhi University)	Accelerated Domestication of Nature (ADN): Rethinking development by ecological "Overshoot"
Ute Leidig (Heidelberg University)	Strategies for a successful doctorate: Project management,social skills, time management

Additional Lecture

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

Dr. Rudolf Konwitschny from Alcatel Hochvakuum Technik GmbH

will give a talk on

Vacuum technology in low energy neutrino experiments - leak testing the KATRIN main spectrometer

Student representative's Welcome and Information Evening for new doctoral students

On Tuesday evening at 17:30 in the Kleiner Hörsaal of the Philosophenweg 12, the student representatives, Raoul Haschke and Steffen Wetzel will give you insights on the Graduate School and information and tips on how you can benefit from it.