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XXXI Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days - Programme

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 Graduate Days take place for the 31st time this autumn!

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 XXXI Graduate Days, please register yourself here.

The Graduate Days are taking 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 can be downloaded here:

Programme - Flyer

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Hans Jensen Invited Lecture

on Thursday, 10th October 2013, at 17:30 (s.t.)

A Theorist's Take on the Higgs Discovery

Tilman Plehn

(Heidelberg University)

Please note that Prof. 't Hooft is unfortunately unable to come on Thursday evening. The lecture for the evening reflects the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics this year to Francois Englert and Peter Higgs

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)

Andrea Tomadin (NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa )	Introduction to the Theory of Graphene
Gabriel Lopes Cardoso (University of Lisboa)	Introduction to BPS Black Holes
Carl Bender (Washington University, St. Louis)	Making Sense of Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians
Ofir Alon (Haifa University)	Non-Equilibrium Quantum Dynamics with Bose-Einstein Condensates
Evgeny Akhmedov (Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics)	Phenomenology of Neutrino Oscillations
Eva Grebel (Heidelberg University)	Jobs and Careers in Astronomy

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

Markus Wobisch (Louisiana Tech University)	Experimental Status of QCD
Thomas Tauris (Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy and Astronomical Institute, University of Bonn )	The Physics of Compact Objects and their Binary Interactions
Ulrich Platt (Heidelberg University)	Climate Engineering - The Physics of Intentional Climate Modifications
Robert Moshammer (Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik)	Imaging of Ultrafast Atomic Processes
Wade Allison (University of Oxford)	Radiation and Medicine: how true images may be constructed, cancers cured and unscientific fears dispelled
Team d-fine (d-fine, Frankurt)	The d-fine Journey: From Physics to Finance and Risk Management

Additional Lecture

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

Ghazal Tayebirad from HypoVereinsbank

will give a talk on

From the Dynamics of Ultra-cold Atoms to the Dynamics of Financial Markets

HGSFP Annual General Meeting and Student Representatives' Welcome

On Tuesday evening at 17:15 (venue to be announced), we will hold our Annual General Meeting and the Student Representatives' Welcome. Information about the School and general discussions will take place. Your hosts for the Student Representatives' Welcome are the student representatives, the Directorate of the HGSFP will host the AGM.