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Scientific Program

Among the topics that will be discussed are the spatial and temporal evolution of the superconducting/superfluid order parameter (which emerges due to, e.g., the proximity effect in hybrid systems and Feshbach-resonance-controlled pairing in degenerate atomic gases), dissipation (via phase slips) and relaxation in systems out of equilibrium.


Schedule

All talks will take place in 2241 Chamberlin Hall (Department of Physics) located at 1150 University Avenue, Madison, WI  53706.


Tuesday, May 27
9:00-9:10 S. Coppersmith Welcome
9:10-9:50 L. Radzihovsky Superfluidity and phase transitions in resonant Bose gas
9:50-10:30 R. Fazio Superfluid instability in arrays of QED-cavities
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:25 V. Gurarie TBA
11:25-12:05 M. Dzero Cooper pair turbulence in atomic traps
12:05-13:30 Lunch  
13:30-14:10 A. Polkovnikov Slow quantum dynamics in low dimensional systems
14:10-14:50 K. Matveev Spectral functions of strongly interacting one-dimensional spin-1/2
fermions and bosons
14:50-15:30 R. Barankov The Higgs boson in fermionic condensates
15:30-15:50 Coffee Break
15:50-16:30 G. Refael Superfluid-insulator transition in strongly disordered Boson chains
16:30-17:30 poster presenters 12 minute poster presentation
17:30-18:30 Poster Session
19:00-22:00 Conference Dinner
     
Wednesday, May 28
9:00-9:40 A. Vorontsov Unusual broken symmetries in unconventional superfluid films
9:40-10:20 D. Pekker Interference of a stack of weakly-coupled 2D superfluid pancakes
10:20-10:40 Coffee Break
10:40-11:20 S. Vishveshwara Josephson Physics in Superfluid-Mott systems
11:20-12:00 A. Rogachev Superconductor-Insulator transition in one-dimensional nanowires
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:10 A. Bezryadin Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling in Superconducting Nanowires
14:10-14:50 S. Khlebnikov Quantum phase slips in short superconducting wires
14:50-15:30 R. McDermott 1/f Flux Noise in SQUIDs and Superconducting Qubits
15:30-15:50 Coffee Break
15:50-16:30 A. Schmidt d-Wave Quasiparticle Extinction in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x with Decreasing Hole Density
16:30-17:10 G. Catelani TBA
     
Thursday, May 29
9:00-9:40 S. Schmidt Mesoscopic interplay of superconductivity and ferromagnetism in metallic grains
9:40-10:20 J. Sauls Spin Dynamics in Superconducting-Ferromagnetic Josephson Point Contacts
10:20-10:40 Coffee Break
10:40-11:20 J. Schmalian Physics of charge Kondo superconductors in finite systems
11:20-12:00 A. Mitra Nonequilibrium effects near itinerant electron quantum critical points
12:00-14:30 Lunch