Seminars

Improved sensitivity to the electron´s electric dipole moment using YbF molecules (Dr. I. Rabey)

Date: Oct 10, 2017
Time: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. Isabel Rabey
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, The Centre for Cold Matter, Imperial College London, UK
Room: New Lecture Hall, Room B 0.32
Host: MPQ, Quantum Dynamics Division

It is well known that the electron has a magnetic dipole moment. [more]

Symposium: Gender and Physics?

14:45h talk by Prof. T. Brage "What does Gender have to do with Physics?"
Date: Sep 29, 2017
Time: 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Professor Tomas Brage
Department of Physics, Director of Education at Undergraduate Programme of Studies within Faculty of Science, Lund University, Sweden
Room: New Lecture Hall, Room B 0.32
Host: MPQ

Agenda: 14:00h: Gender Equality at the MPQ (Frauke Logermann) - 14:15h: Equal Opportunities in the Max Planck Society (Dr. U. Weber) - 14:30h: The GENERA Project (Nicole Oetke) - 14:45h: Prof. T. Brage - 15:45h: Discussion [more]

Quantum simulating gauge theories with discrete-time quantum walks (Dr. P. Arnault)

Date: Sep 25, 2017
Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. Pablo Arnault
UPMC Université Pierre & Marie Curie, Laboratory for the Study of Radiation and Matter in Astrophysics and Atmospheres - UMR 8112, France
Room: New Lecture Hall, Room B 0.32
Host: MPQ, Theory Division

Quantum walks (QWs) are models of quantum transport on discrete backgrounds, such as graphs or regular lattices. [more]

Non-Standard Bose-Hubbard Model with State-Dependent Tunneling (D. González Cuadra)

Date: Sep 6, 2017
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Daniel González Cuadra
ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Castelldefels, Spain
Room: New Lecture Hall, Room B 0.32
Host: MPQ, Theory Division

Non-standard Bose-Hubbard models are relevant for the study of strongly correlated quantum physics thanks to their rich phase diagram and the possibility to simulate them using ultracold atoms in optical lattices. [more]

Solving the pentagon equation with trivalent categories (R. Wolf)

Date: Aug 29, 2017
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Ramona Wolf
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Theoretische Physik
Room: New Lecture Hall, Room B 0.32
Host: MPQ, Theory Division

Anyons are two-dimensional quasiparticles with exotic statistics that can be used for topological quantum computation. What makes them interesting for this is the concept of fusion and braiding. [more]