WPC Theoretical Physics Symposium 2025

14 May 2025, 08:30 → 16 May 2025, 20:00 Europe/Berlin

Auditorium CSSB (bldg. 15) (DESY Hamburg)

The Wolfgang Pauli Centre for Theoretical Physics, a joint forum of the Universität Hamburg and DESY, organizes a three-day symposium on theoretical physics.

 

The aim of this year's symposium is to expose the preeminent `Unsolved Problems in the Theory of Quantum Systems' and to discuss emergent novel ideas for their solution. By bringing together leading experts from a wide range of research areas in quantum theory, such as particle and astroparticle physics, condensed matter physics, and cold atoms, we want to foster a stimulating and truly cross-disciplinary dialogue.

 

Confirmed Speakers:

Asimina Arvanitaki (PI)

Alejandra Castro (U of Cambridge)

Clàudia Climent (U de Barcelona)

Eugene Demler (ETH Zurich)

Antoine Georges (Collège de France, Paris & Flatiron Inst., New York)

Stefanie Gräfe (FSU Jena)

Chris H. Greene (Purdue U)

Mikhail Katsnelson (Radboud U Nijmegen)

Henning Kirchberg (Chalmers U)

Zohar Komargodski (SCGP Stony Brook)

Markus Luty (U of California, Davis)

Andrew Millis (Columbia U & Flatiron Inst., New York)

Shaul Mukamel (U of California, Irvine)

Hirosi Ooguri (Caltech & IPMU Tokyo)

Julio Parra-Martinez (IHES)

Lisa Randall (Harvard U, Cambridge)

Markus Reiher (ETH Zürich)

Slava Rychkov (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette)

Morgane Vacher (Nantes U)

 

 

The registration fee for regular participants amounts to 160 EUR. Students benefit from a reduced fee of 80 EUR, while invited speakers are exempt from any registration fees. The fee includes participation in the symposium, lunch, and coffee breaks.

 

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On Friday afternoon (May 16), we will host a Festive Colloquium in honor of Alexander Lichtenstein. The colloquium will feature talks by distinguished speakers and a celebration of his scientific legacy.

 

Confirmed speakers:

Silke Biermann (École Polytechnique)

Guy Cohen (Tel Aviv U)

Olga Smirnova (Max Born Institute, Berlin)

Dieter Vollhardt (U Augsburg)

 

Please visit the event page for further information: https://indico.desy.de/event/47388/.

 

 

 

Organizing committee: Christophe Grojean, Nina Rohringer, Robin Santra, Volker Schomerus, Jörg Teschner, Michael Thorwart, Tim Wehling

 

 

The Symposium is supported by the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe and the Cluster of Excellence CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter

 

                 

Poster_WPC_Symposium_2025.pdf

Wednesday 14 May

08:30 Registration

1 Opening and Welcome

2 tba

Speaker: Eugene Demler (ETH Zurich)

3 tba

Speaker: Chris H. Greene (Purdue U)

10:35 Coffee break

4 tba

Speaker: Hirosi Ooguri (Caltech & IPMU Tokyo)

5 tba

Speaker: Alejandra Castro (U of Cambridge)

12:30 Lunch

6 Heat engines at the nanoscale: non-thermal resources and measurement control

Speaker: Henning Kirchberg (Chalmers U)

7 tba

Speaker: Mikhail Katsnelson (Radboud U Nijmegen)

15:20 Coffee break

8 tba

Speaker: Julio Parra-Martinez (IHES)

Thursday 15 May

9 tba

Speaker: Markus Luty (U of California, Davis)

10 tba

Speaker: Asimina Arvanitaki (PI)

10:20 Coffee break

11 tba

Speaker: Antoine Georges (Collège de France, Paris & Flatiron Inst., New York)

12 tba

Speaker: Andrew Millis (Columbia U & Flatiron Inst., New York)

12:30 Lunch

13 tba

Speaker: Zohar Komargodski (SCGP Stony Brook)

14 tba

Speaker: Slava Rychkov (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette)

15:20 Coffee break

15 tba

Speaker: Shaul Mukamel (University of California, Irvine)

16 tba

Speaker: Morgane Vacher (Nantes U)

Friday 16 May

17 tba

Speaker: Markus Reiher (ETH Zürich)

10:20 Coffee break

18 tba

Speaker: Clàudia Climent (U de Barcelona)

19 tba

Speaker: Stefanie Gräfe (FSU Jena)

12:30 Lunch

20 Festive colloquium: Alexander Lichtenstein

Please visit the Festive Colloquium webpage (https://indico.desy.de/event/47388/) to find all the information.