University of Heidelberg

XXV Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days - Programme

The XXV Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days of the Heidelberg Graduate School of Fundamental Physics and the Department of Physics take place from 4. - 8. October 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 25th 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 XXV Graduate Days, please register yourself here.

The final programme (including room allocations) can be downloaded here:

Programme - Flyer

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Hans Jensen Invited Lecture

on Thursday, 7th October 2010, at 17:30 (s.t.)
Physikalisches Institut, Philosophenweg 12, Großer Hörsaal

The Story Behind the Discovery of Superfluidity in 3He
(So, What Really Happens at Zero Temperature?)

Douglas Osheroff

(Nobel Laureate, Stanford 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)

Eva Grebel
(Zentrum für Astronomie, Heidelberg)
Unsolved Problems in Modern Astrophysics
Stephanie Hansmann-Menzemer,Klaus Reygers,Rainer Stamen
(University of Heidelberg)
First Physics at the LHC
Alan Heavens
(University of Edinburgh)
Cosmology - Theory for Observers and Theorists
Ilya Eremin
(University of Bochum)
The iron age of superconductivity: from conventional to unconventional Cooper pairing
Axel Görlitz
(University of Düsseldorf)
Collisions at ultralow temperatures
Ute Leidig
(University of Heidelberg)
Presenting research results

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

Gerhard Schaefer
(University of Jena)
Gravitational Waves
Fabrice Feinstein
(University of Montpellier)
Searching for the Sources of Galactic Cosmic Rays
Lorenz von Smekal
(Technical University Darmstadt)
Non-perturbative Approaches to QCD
Michal Kurzynski
(Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)
Towards Statistical Theory of Biomolecular Processes
Martin Werner
(Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar Research, Bremerhaven)
On the art of Climate Modelling - How well do we know the future?
d-fine
(Frankfurt am Main)
A World full of Risk: From Valuation to Risk Management in Finance

Additional Lecture

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

Uwe Schmid from McKinsey and Company

will give a talk on

Open Source in Enterprises