University of Heidelberg

The XXIII Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days of the Heidelberg Graduate School of Fundamental Physics and the Department of Physics take place from 5. - 9. October 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 23rd time this fall!

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 XXIII Graduate Days, please register yourself here.

The programme - now including the room allocations - can be downloaded here:

Programme - Flyer

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

Hans Jensen Invited Lecture

on Thursday, 8th October 2009, at 17:30 (s.t.)
Physikalisches Institut, Philosophenweg 12, Großer Hörsaal

"Majorana Fermions: From Romance to Reality"

Frank Wilczek

(Nobel Laureate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

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)

George Pickett
(Lancaster University, England)
The Helium Superfluids in the Zero-Temperature Limit: The Perfect Model Systems
Sadegh Khochfar
(Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics)
Structure Formation in the Universe
Thomas Pfeifer
(Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg)
Attosecond Flashes of Light: Illuminating Electronic Quantum Dynamics
Tilman Plehn
(Institute of Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg)
LHC Physics
Sandro Wimberger
(Institute of Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg)
Nonlinear Hamiltonian Dynamics
Hardo Bruhns
(Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB))
ITER - The Decisive Steps in Fusion Research

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

Fabrizio Dolcini
(Scuola Normale Superiore and NEST, Pisa)
Superconductivity in Mesoscopic Systems
Erika Garutti
(DESY, Hamburg)
The art of calorimetry
Avraham Gal
(The Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
Topics in Strangeness Nuclear and Hadronic Physics
Kai Schweda, Klaus Reygers
(Physikalisches Institut, Heidelberg)
High-energy nuclear collisions with ALICE at the LHC
d-fine Team
(d-fine, Frankfurt)
Risk in the Financial World
Ute Leidig
(University of Heidelberg)
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. Augusto Minatta from McKinsey & Company

will give a talk on

Climate change - A statistical approach to climate adaptation in the Pacific