WPC Theoretical Physics Symposium 2021
from
Monday 8 November 2021 (10:00)
to
Friday 12 November 2021 (18:30)
Monday 8 November 2021
10:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
10:30
QFT without infinities and hierarchy problem
-
M. Shaposhnikov
(
EPFL
)
QFT without infinities and hierarchy problem
M. Shaposhnikov
(
EPFL
)
10:30 - 11:20
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
11:20
Slow and safe gravitinos
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E. Dudas (remote)
(
Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau
)
Slow and safe gravitinos
E. Dudas (remote)
(
Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau
)
11:20 - 12:10
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
12:10
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:10 - 14:00
14:00
High quality GW relics
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O. Pujolas
(
IFAE
)
High quality GW relics
O. Pujolas
(
IFAE
)
14:00 - 14:50
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
14:50
Challenges in Cosmology and Gravitational Frontiers
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L. Heisenberg
(
ETH Zurich
)
Challenges in Cosmology and Gravitational Frontiers
L. Heisenberg
(
ETH Zurich
)
14:50 - 15:40
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
15:40
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:40 - 16:30
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
16:30
BICEP/Keck and cosmological attractors
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A. Linde (remote)
(
Stanford U.
)
BICEP/Keck and cosmological attractors
A. Linde (remote)
(
Stanford U.
)
16:30 - 17:20
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
Tuesday 9 November 2021
10:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
10:30
Black Holes & Vacuum Decay Catalysis
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R. Gregory
(
Kings College, London
)
Black Holes & Vacuum Decay Catalysis
R. Gregory
(
Kings College, London
)
10:30 - 11:20
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
11:20
Black holes beyond GR
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E. Trincherini
(
SNS, Pisa
)
Black holes beyond GR
E. Trincherini
(
SNS, Pisa
)
11:20 - 12:10
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
12:10
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:10 - 14:00
14:00
Neutrinos and new physics at low energy scales
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A. Smirnov
(
MPIK, Heidelberg and ICTP, Trieste
)
Neutrinos and new physics at low energy scales
A. Smirnov
(
MPIK, Heidelberg and ICTP, Trieste
)
14:00 - 14:50
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
14:50
Making black holes from WIMP dark matter in the present-day Universe
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P. Tinyakov
(
ULB, Brussels
)
Making black holes from WIMP dark matter in the present-day Universe
P. Tinyakov
(
ULB, Brussels
)
14:50 - 15:40
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
15:40
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:40 - 16:20
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
16:20
Demystifying Black-Holes
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G. Dvali
(
LMU and MPI, Munich
)
Demystifying Black-Holes
G. Dvali
(
LMU and MPI, Munich
)
16:20 - 17:10
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
17:10
Metastable multiparticle resonances: from Q-balls to helium-3
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D. Son (remote)
(
Chicago U.
)
Metastable multiparticle resonances: from Q-balls to helium-3
D. Son (remote)
(
Chicago U.
)
17:10 - 18:00
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
Wednesday 10 November 2021
09:00
How the Hall effect exposes which particles carry the current
-
Assa Auerbach
How the Hall effect exposes which particles carry the current
Assa Auerbach
09:00 - 09:35
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
09:35
The quantum mechanics of a perfect fluid
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R. Rattazzi
(
EPFL
)
The quantum mechanics of a perfect fluid
R. Rattazzi
(
EPFL
)
09:35 - 10:20
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
10:20
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:20 - 10:50
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
10:50
Quantum geometry effects on superconductivity, light-matter interactions, and Bose-Einstein condensation
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P. Törmä
Quantum geometry effects on superconductivity, light-matter interactions, and Bose-Einstein condensation
P. Törmä
10:50 - 11:25
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
11:25
The three jewels in the crown of the LHC
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Y. Nir
(
Weizmann Institute of Science
)
The three jewels in the crown of the LHC
Y. Nir
(
Weizmann Institute of Science
)
11:25 - 12:10
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
12:10
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:10 - 14:00
14:00
Universality in nonequilibrium evolution
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J. Schmiedmayer
Universality in nonequilibrium evolution
J. Schmiedmayer
14:00 - 14:35
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
14:35
Hidden Symmetry of Vanishing Love
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S. Dubovsky
(
NYU
)
Hidden Symmetry of Vanishing Love
S. Dubovsky
(
NYU
)
14:35 - 15:20
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
15:20
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:20 - 15:45
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
15:45
Spin waves and skyrmions in a graphene quantum Hall state
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B. Halperin (remote)
Spin waves and skyrmions in a graphene quantum Hall state
B. Halperin (remote)
15:45 - 16:20
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
17:30
17:30 Shuttle bus from the CSSB, bldg. 15 to Planetarium Hamburg
17:30 Shuttle bus from the CSSB, bldg. 15 to Planetarium Hamburg
17:30 - 17:35
18:30
Award ceremony & reception Joachim Herz Foundation
Award ceremony & reception Joachim Herz Foundation
18:30 - 21:00
Thursday 11 November 2021
09:00
Designing superconducting and topological systems in and out of equilibrium
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H. Aoki (remote)
Designing superconducting and topological systems in and out of equilibrium
H. Aoki (remote)
09:00 - 09:35
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
09:35
Non-Gaussian variational methods in many body quantum physics
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I. Cirac
Non-Gaussian variational methods in many body quantum physics
I. Cirac
09:35 - 10:10
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
10:10
Strongly Interacting Polaritons in Moiré Materials
-
N. Cooper
Strongly Interacting Polaritons in Moiré Materials
N. Cooper
10:10 - 10:45
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
11:15
Driven Quantum Materials
-
A. Cavalleri
Driven Quantum Materials
A. Cavalleri
11:15 - 11:50
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
11:50
Machine Learning for Quantum Simulation
-
E. Kim
Machine Learning for Quantum Simulation
E. Kim
11:50 - 12:25
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
12:25
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:25 - 14:30
14:30
Quantum transport with cold atomic gases
-
T. Giamarchi
Quantum transport with cold atomic gases
T. Giamarchi
14:30 - 15:05
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
15:05
Strong pairing in mixed dimensional bilayer antiferromagnetic Mott insulators
-
A. Bohrdt
Strong pairing in mixed dimensional bilayer antiferromagnetic Mott insulators
A. Bohrdt
15:05 - 15:40
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
15:40
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:40 - 16:15
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
16:15
Exploring new scientific frontiers with programmable atom arrays
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M. Lukin (remote)
Exploring new scientific frontiers with programmable atom arrays
M. Lukin (remote)
16:15 - 16:50
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
16:50
Simulating dynamical phases of BCS Superconductors with cavity QED and trapped ion systems
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A. Rey (remote)
Simulating dynamical phases of BCS Superconductors with cavity QED and trapped ion systems
A. Rey (remote)
16:50 - 17:25
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
17:25
Multidimensional monitoring of elementary exciton and polariton dynamics in molecules by X- ray pulses and entangled photons
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S. Mukamel (remote)
Multidimensional monitoring of elementary exciton and polariton dynamics in molecules by X- ray pulses and entangled photons
S. Mukamel (remote)
17:25 - 18:00
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
Friday 12 November 2021
09:00
Exploring Quantum Matter using Ultracold Atoms
-
I. Bloch
Exploring Quantum Matter using Ultracold Atoms
I. Bloch
09:00 - 09:35
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
09:35
First principles modeling of polaritonic matter
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A. Rubio
First principles modeling of polaritonic matter
A. Rubio
09:35 - 10:10
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
10:10
Feshbach resonances in 2D materials
-
A. Imamoglu
Feshbach resonances in 2D materials
A. Imamoglu
10:10 - 10:45
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
11:15
A direct view in optical lattices: dynamics, topology and dissipation
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K. Sengstock
A direct view in optical lattices: dynamics, topology and dissipation
K. Sengstock
11:15 - 11:50
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
11:50
Illusive many-body localization
-
A. Polkovnikov
Illusive many-body localization
A. Polkovnikov
11:50 - 12:25
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
12:25
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:25 - 14:30
14:30
Lattice modulation spectroscopy of interacting one-dimensional systems
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R. Citro
Lattice modulation spectroscopy of interacting one-dimensional systems
R. Citro
14:30 - 15:05
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
15:05
Self-consistent geometric pumping
-
T. Esslinger (remote?)
Self-consistent geometric pumping
T. Esslinger (remote?)
15:05 - 15:40
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
15:40
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:40 - 16:15
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
16:15
Ab initio approaches to correlated light-matter interactions
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P. Narang
Ab initio approaches to correlated light-matter interactions
P. Narang
16:15 - 16:50
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
16:50
Bilayer Wigner Crystals on an Atomically Thin Canvas
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H. Park (remote)
Bilayer Wigner Crystals on an Atomically Thin Canvas
H. Park (remote)
16:50 - 17:25
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15
17:25
Using quantum simulators to solve real world problems: quantum assisted NMR inference
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E. Demler
Using quantum simulators to solve real world problems: quantum assisted NMR inference
E. Demler
17:25 - 18:00
Room: Auditorium CSSB, bldg. 15