ELEVENTH J.J. GIAMBIAGI WINTER SCHOOL:"The Quantum Mechanics of the XXI Century: Manipulation of Coherent Atomic Matter" ================================================================== Place: Buenos Aires, Argentina ----- Dates: July 27th-August 7th, 2009 ----- Scientific rationale: -------------------- The development of experimental techniques to create and manipulate coherent matter at macroscopic scales was tremendously boosted after the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation of atoms in 1995, and nowadays is allowing to explore quantum phenomena with a control and accuracy without precedent a few decades ago. These advances are allowing to test intriguing properties such as entanglement and to manifest the quantum coherence of matter at macroscopic scales. The coherent manipulation of matter at ultra low temperatures has already permitted to process information in a drastically different manner to what it was previously done. While the control of cold coherent matter is not only of fundamental interest but also as technological tool which allows, for instance, to improve the time and frequency standards, to realize high sensitivity detections, etc. The main purpose of this School is to bring together these two fundamental aspects of the quantum world that are naturally entangled: I) The physics of cold atoms and ions II) and its application to the quantum processing of information and to test the frontiers of quantum mechanics in the macroscopic limit. The School is intended primarily for graduate students of physics and other disciplines related to the fields of condensed matter and quantum optics, although advanced undergrad students and postdocs are also encouraged to participate. A satellite workshop will be held on the same dates. Time will be available for discussions of posters and for short seminars. Topics and invited speakers: --------------------------- The School will be organized around short courses of 4/5 hours each, taught by internationally renowned experts. The topics and lecturers are (titles of the courses to be confirmed): - Cold atoms and Bose-Einstein condensation (V. S. Bagnato, BRAZIL) - Mean-field theory of trapped atomic cold gases (F. Dalfovo, ITALY) - Bose-Einstein condensation at finite temperatures (A. Griffin, CANADA) - Principles of Quantum Information and Quantum Computation (J. Kempe, ISRAEL) - Experiments with Bose-Einstein condensates (M. Leduc, FRANCE) - Quantum Gases in Atomic Chips (Joerg Schmiedmayer, AUSTRIA) - Quantum Information Theory and Many-Body Physics (F. Verstraete, AUSTRIA) - The Frontiers of the Quantum mechanics* (W. Zurek, USA) (* to be confirmed) About Giambiagi Schools: ----------------------- The Giambiagi Winter School is organized by the Physics Department of the School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires. Each year the School is devoted to a different topic, and its main purpose is to bring together world specialists with graduate students and young researchers. Partial financial assistance will be provided to support a limited number of students from Latin America. Organizing Committee: -------------------- Dr. Pablo Capuzzi, Dr. E. Susana Hernández, Dr. Juan P. Paz, Dr. Leszek Szybisz, and Dr. Diego Wisniacki Deadlines: --------- 3 Apr 2009: Registration (for students asking for financial support) 1 May 2009: Registration (no financial support) 1 June 2009: Abstract submission Financial support and registration fees: --------------------------------------- There are no registration fees to attend the School or the satellite workshop. Partial financial support will be available for a limited number of students from Latin America. More information: ---------------- For information about Buenos Aires and more details about the School, please visit the URL below. URL: http://giambiagi.df.uba.ar --- E-mail: giambiagi@df.uba.ar ------