XXXII Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days - Programme

The XXXII Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days of the Heidelberg Graduate School of Fundamental Physics and the Department of Physics and Astronomy take place from 7th - 11th April 2014. Participants from other universities are very welcome!

Welcome

Welcome to the Heidelberg 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 Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days take place for the 32nd 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 XXXII Graduate Days, please register yourself here.

The Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days take place im Neuenheimer Feld 226, in the new Physikalisches Institut, see details of venue .

To obtain meals, you will receive meal tags on registration at the conference office in the foyer of INF 226.

The programme and these details 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, 10th April 2014, at 17:30 (s.t.)

The Boundary Line between Quantum Mechanics and Classical Logic

Gerard 't Hooft

(Utrecht 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)

Pierfrancesco Buonsante (QSTAR center and CNR-INO Firenze)	(Thermo)Dynamics of lattice bosons
Chris Byrnes (University of Sussex) and Björn Malte Schäfer (Heidelberg University)	Inflationary models and their observational tests in the cosmic microwave background
Holger Fröning (Heidelberg University)	GPU computing
Timo Weigand (Heidelberg University)	Geometry and Topology in Physics
Joachim Kopp (Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg)	Dark Matter
Ute Leidig (Heidelberg University)	Analyzing personal potential for your career

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

Almudena Arcones (GSI, Darmstadt ) and Camilla Juul Hansen (Heidelberg University)	Nuclear Astrophysics
José Ramón Crespo López-Urrutia (Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg) Daniel Rolles and Robin Santra (DESY, Hamburg)	Applications of free-electron lasers in physics, chemistry, and biology
Boris Fine (Nazarbayev University, Astana)	Dynamic Thermalization
Norbert Lütkenhaus (University of Waterloo, Canada)	Quantum Key Distribution: From Principles to Implementations
Elke Scheer (Universität Konstanz)	Experimental Aspects of Molecular Electronics
Sebastian Böser (University of Bonn)	Neutrino Astronomy and IceCube (cancelled)

Additional Lecture

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

Albert Waas from Boston Consulting Group

will give a talk on

Powering Autos to 2020 – a strategic perspective on e-mobility

Student Representatives' Welcome

On Tuesday evening at 17:15 (venue to be announced), we will have our Student Representatives' Welcome. Information about the School and general discussions will take place. Your hosts are the student representatives.