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Summer Courses 2012
- Quantum Spintronics and Related Phenomena
Directors: P. Simon (Université Paris Sud), D. Loss (University of Basel) - Physics of Complex Colloids
Directors: F. Sciortino (Sapienza Università di Roma), C. Bechinger (Universität Stuttgart), P. Ziherl (Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana) - Metrology and Physical Constants
Directors: E. Bava (INRIM, Torino), M. Kühne (BIPM, Sèvres)
Official announcement
Application form
Course CLXXXIII - "Quantum Spintronics and Related Phenomena"
19 - 29 June 2012
Directors: P. Simon (Université Paris Sud), D. Loss (University of Basel)
Topics
- Electronical and optical spin manipulation in solid state systems
- Quantum information processing with spin qubit systems
- Spin relaxation and decoherence
- Spin dependent transport
- Spin-orbit interactions in semiconductors
- Quantum spin Hall effect and topological insulators
Lecturers and Seminar Speakers
B. Braunecker (Madrid), G. Burkard (Konstanz), W. Coish (Montral), S. de Franceschi (Grenoble), D. DiVincenzo (Jülich), C. Egues (Sao Paulo), M. Lukin (Cambridge), A. MacDonald (Austin), C. Marcus (Cambridge), L. Molenkamp (Würzburg), J. R. Petta (Princeton), S. Tarucha (Tokyo), B. Trauzettel (Würzburg), Y. Tserkovnyak (Los Angeles), R. Warburton (Basel), A. Yacoby (Cambridge), D. M. Zumbühl (Basel).
Tuesday 19 June |
Wednesday 20 June |
Thursday 21 June |
Friday 22 June |
Saturday 23 June |
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9.00-10.00 | Yacoby | Yacoby | Tarucha | ||
10.00-11.00 | Egues | Egues | Egues | Tarucha | McDonald |
11.00-11.30 | Break | ||||
11.30-12.30 | Warburton | Warburton | Zumbühl | McDonald | McDonald |
17.00-18.00 | Yacoby | Warburton | Braunecker | Tarucha | |
18.00-19.00 | Loss | Coish | Burkard | Sarmath | |
Monday 25 June |
Tuesday 26 June |
Wednesday 27 June |
Thursday 28 June |
Friday 29 June |
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9.00-10.00 | Petta | Petta | DiVincenzo | Tserkovnyak | |
10.00-11.00 | Buhmann | Buhmann | Tserkovnyak | Marcus | Lukin |
11.00-11.30 | Break | ||||
11.30-12.30 | Buhmann | DiVincenzo | Tserkovnyak | Marcus | Lukin |
15.00-18.00 | Poster Session | ||||
17.00-18.00 | Petta | DiVincenzo | Poster Session | Klinovaja | |
18.00-19.00 | Trauzettel | DeFranceschi | Schonenberger Das |
Lukin |
Correspondence and application forms should be sent to:
P. Simon
Laboratoire de Physique des Solides,
Université Paris Sud
91405 ORSAY Cedex (France)
Tel.: ++33-1-69156090
pascal.simon@u-psud.fr
Deadline for application: April 20th, 2012
Participation fee: € 1.300,00 (for attendance, full board, lodging and Proceedings)
Course CLXXXIV - "Physics of Complex Colloids"
3 - 13 July 2012
Directors: F. Sciortino (Sapienza Università di Roma), C. Bechinger (Universität Stuttgart), P. Ziherl (Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana)
Topics
- Colloidal interactions and phase diagrams
- Hydrodynamics in colloids
- Simulation techniques
- Colloidal arrested states of matter
- Structural investigations of colloids
- Synthesis
- Non-equilibrium phenomena
- Active Brownian motion
- Applications
Lecturers and Seminar Speakers
P. Chaikin (New York), M. Dijkstra (Utrecht), D. Frenkel (Cambridge), M. Fuchs (Konstanz), L. A. Hough (Bristol), C. N. Likos (Wien), G. Nägele (Jülich), R. Piazza (Milano), W. Poon (Edinburg), E. Trizac (Paris), C. Van den Broeck (Hasselt), P. G. Vekilov (Houston), B. Vincent (Bristol), A. G. Yodh (Philadelphia), E. Zaccarelli (Roma).
Tuesday 3 July |
Wednesday 4 July |
Thursday 5 July |
Friday 6 July |
Saturday 7 July |
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9.00-10.00 | Frenkel | Van den Broeck | Naegele | Naegele | Vincent |
10.00-11.00 | Frenkel | Piazza | Piazza | Naegele | Vincent |
11.00-11.30 | Break | ||||
11.30-12.30 | Poon | Frenkel | Vincent | Vekilov | Yodh |
16.00-17.00 | Poon | Piazza | Poon | Piazza | |
17.00-18.00 | Van den Broeck | Vincent | Frenkel | Piazza | |
18.00-19.00 | Van den Broeck | Vincent | Frenkel | ||
Monday 9 July |
Tuesday 10 July |
Wednesday 11 July |
Thursday 12 July |
Friday 13 July |
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9.00-10.00 | Naegele | Likos | Hough | Zaccarelli | Likos |
10.00-11.00 | Naegele | Likos | Fuchs | Zaccarelli | Likos |
11.00-11.30 | Break | ||||
11.30-12.30 | Likos | Zaccarelli | Bechinger | Hough | Dijkstra |
16.00-17.00 | Hough | ||||
17.00-18.00 | Zaccarelli | POSTERS | Trizac | ||
18.00-19.00 | Zaccarelli | POSTERS | Chaikin |
Correspondence and application forms should be sent to:
F. Sciortino
Dipartimento di Fisica
Università di Roma "La Sapienza"
Piazzale A. Moro 2
00185 Roma (Italy)
Tel.: ++39-06-49913799, Fax: ++39-06-4463158
francesco.sciortino@uniroma1.it
Deadline for application: April 10th, 2012
Participation fee: € 1.300,00 (for attendance, full board, lodging and Proceedings)
Course CLXXXV - "Metrology and Physical Constants"
17 - 27 July 2012
Directors: E. Bava (INRIM, Torino), M. Kühne (BIPM, Sèvres)
Topics
- Metrology: the mission and role of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures
- New definition of units
- Physical constants
- Quantum information and quantum metrology
- Biological standards
- Gas analysis
- Chemical and food metrology
- Ionizing radiation for health
- Accurate radiometry from space: an essential tool for climate study
- Time and frequency
- Cold atoms and optical clocks
- Optical methods for environment and art and archaeology
Lecturers and Seminar Speakers
A. Bauch (Braunschweig), P. Becker (Braunschweig), G. Bertotti (Torino), W. Bich (Torino), P. De Natale (Firenze), M. de Podestà (Teddington), N. Fox (Teddington), K. Helmerson (Melbourne), F. Laitano (Roma), F. Levi (Torino), L. E. Locascio (Gaithersburg), M. Milton (Teddington), F. Nez (Paris), T. Quinn (Sèvres), M. Rastello (Torino), M. Stock (Sèvres), P. Tavella (Torino), A. Tzalenchuk (Teddington), K. von Klitzing (Stuttgart), S. A. Wise (Gaithersburg).
Tuesday 17 July |
Wednesday 18 July |
Thursday 19 July |
Friday 20 July |
Saturday 21 July |
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9.00-10.00 | Kühne-Bava | von Klitzing | Tzalenchuk | Rastello | Quinn |
10.00-11.00 | Kühne | von Klitzing | Tzalenchuk | Rastello | Quinn |
11.00-11.30 | Break | ||||
11.30-12.30 | Kühne | Bich | De Natale | Milton | Wise |
16.00-17.00 | Bich | De Natale | Milton | ||
17.00-18.00 | Rossi | Laitano | ![]() |
Helmerson | |
18.00-19.00 | Rossi | Laitano | ![]() |
Helmerson | |
Monday 23 July |
Tuesday 24 July |
Wednesday 25 July |
Thursday 26 July |
Friday 27 July |
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9.00-10.00 | Bertotti | Levi | Choquette | Stock | Choquette |
10.00-11.00 | Bertotti | Levi | Choquette | Stock | Nez |
11.00-11.30 | Break | ||||
11.30-12.30 | Bava | Bava | Bauch | Becker | Nez |
16.00-17.00 | Becker | ||||
17.00-18.00 | Wise | Tavella | de Podestà | ||
18.00-19.00 | Wise | Tavella | de Podestà |
Correspondence and application forms should be sent to:
A. M. Rossi
INRIM, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica
Strada delle Cacce 91
10135 Torino (Italy)
Tel.: ++39-011-3919342, Fax: ++39-011-346384
varenna@inrim.it
Deadline for application: May 5th, 2012
Participation fee: € 1.300,00 (for attendance, full board, lodging and Proceedings)