September 19- October 9, 2011

Cambridge MA USA

 

This three week topical discussion will bring together leading scientists and beginning researchers in the field of ultracold molecules to discuss possible applications of ultracold molecules in three different areas of physics. The discussions will focus on the following main themes:

Below is the schedule for the workshop. Please note that the location changes according to what is available for that day. Always check what room the session will be and what time it will be held.

Sept 19–24, Week 1: Many-body Dynamics of Ultracold Molecules in Optical Lattices,
Organized by R. Krems, S. Yelin and P. Rabl

The discussion topics:
Collective excitations (excitons, phonons, polarons and polaritons) of ultracold molecules on optical lattices;
Quantum simulation with ultracold polar molecules;
Non-linear molecule - photon interactions

Monday, 9/19	10:00-12:30, Pratt	Maciej Lewenstein and Hanns-Christoph Näegerl
	2:30 - 4:00, Pratt	Ivar Zapata
	4:00	Ice Cream Social (on the roof, weather permitting)
Tuesday, 9/20	10:00 - 12:30, Phillips Auditorium	Marina Litinskaya and Alexey Gorshkov
	2:30 -  4:00, Pratt	Felipe Herrera
Wednesday, 9/21	10:00 - 12:30, Phillips Auditorium	Lincoln Carr and Peter Rabl
	12:45 Lunch	Changsho Restaurant
	4:30 JAPC Talk (tea@ 4:00) in Jefferson 356	Speaker: Hanns-Christoph Nägerl: Molecools - Ultracold samples of ground-state molecules near quantum degeneracy
Thursday, 9/22	10:00 - 12:30, Pratt	Guido Pupillo and Mona Berciu
	2:30 -  4:00, Pratt	Short talk
Friday, 9/23	10:00 - 12:30 Pratt	Michael Repp, Susanne Yelin
	2:30 -  4:00 Pratt	Short talk

Sept 26–Oct 1, Week 2: Precision Measurements with Ultracold Molecules, organized by R. Krems and D. DeMille

The discussion topic is, applications of ultracold molecules for precision measurements of fundamental physical constants.

Monday, 9/26	10:00-12:30, Pratt	Dave DeMille, and Ed Hinds
	2:30 - 4:00, Pratt	Ed Meyer
	4:00	Ice Cream Social (on the roof, weather permitting)
Tuesday, 9/27	10:00 - 12:30, Pratt	Tanya Zelevinsky, Mikhail Kozlov
	2:30 -  4:00, Pratt	Mikhail Kozlov to report Flambaum results, and Robert Moszynski
Wednesday, 9/28	10:00 - 12:30, Phillips Auditorium
	4:30 JAPC Talk (tea@ 4:00) in Jefferson 356	Speaker: Maciej Lewenstein"Ultracold Atoms in Synthetic Gauge Fields: From topological insulators to frustrated antiferromagnetism"
Thursday, 9/29	10:00 - 12:30, Pratt	Marianna Safronova, and Timur Isaev
	12:45 Lunch	Changsho Restaurant
	2:30 -  4:00, Pratt	Short Talk
Friday, 9/30	10:00 - 12:30 Pratt	Peter Schwerdtfeger, and Svetlana Kotochigova
	2:30 -  4:00 Pratt	Short talk

Oct 3–Oct 8, Week 3, organized by R. Krems, T. Tscherbul, and J. Doyle

The discussion topics will include: Cooling of polyatomic molecules to ultracold temperatures, reaction dynamics of ultracold molecules, controlled chemistry and its applications

Monday, 10/3	10:00-12:30, Pratt	John Doyle, and Jonathan Weinstein
	2:30 - 4:00, Pratt	Bill Stwalley, and Robin Côté
	4:00	Ice Cream Social (on the roof, weather permitting)
Tuesday, 10/4	10:00 - 12:30, Phillips Auditorium	Bretislav Friedrich, and Paul Julienne
	2:30 -  4:00, Pratt	Short talks by Svetlana Kotochigova, and Timur Tscherbul
Wednesday, 10/5	10:00 - 12:30, Phillips Auditorium	Bo Gao
	12:45 Lunch	Changsho Restaurant
	4:30 JAPC Talk (tea@ 4:00) in Jefferson 356	Speaker: Gerard Meijer, "Collision studies with Stark-decelerated molecular beams"
Thursday, 10/6	10:00 - 12:30, Pratt	Gerrit Groenenboom, and Jeremy Hutson
	2:30 -  4:00, Pratt	Short talk: Robert Moszynski, and Balakrishnan Naduvalath
Friday, 10/7	10:00 - 12:30 Pratt	John Bohn, and Gerard Meijer
	2:30 -  4:00 Pratt	Short Talk: Zhiying Li

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