Ultracold Quantum Matter

Scientific organizers:
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Axel Pelster (RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany) and Prof. Dr. Carlos A. R. Sá de Melo (Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, USA)

August 10 - 16, 2025, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany
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Since the first Bose-Einstein condensate of ultracold atomic gases was realized experimentally in 1995, the emerging research field of ultracold quantum gases has been extremely active and has expanded in many different directions. In particular, new areas of research are forming at the borderlines between atomic and molecular physics, quantum optics, and condensed matter physics.
The main goal of the school is to provide a solid introduction to the field of ultracold quantum gases, which will be delivered by internationally recognized experts of the field.

1) Dipolar Systems

• Silke Ospelkaus (Hanover, Germany):
  Ultracold polar molecules (Abstract)
• Luis Santos (Hanover, Germany):
  Dipolar gases: from supersolids to lattice models (Abstract)

2) BEC-BCS Crossover

• Cesar Cabrera (Hamburg, Germany): 
  Experimental Techniques for Exploring the BEC-BCS Crossover (Abstract)
• Hadrien Kurkjian (Toulouse, France):
  The BEC-BCS crossover from the normal to the superfluid phase (Abstract)

3) Topology

• Sylvain Nascimbene (Paris, France):
  Engineering topological quantum matter in ultracold atomic gases (Abstract)
• Patrick Öhberg (Edinburgh, UK):
  The role of topology in Nature – From the Standard Model to Condensed Matter physics (Abstract)

4) Quantum Fluids of Light

• David Snoke (Pittsburgh, USA):
  Design and characterization of polariton microcavities (Abstract)
  Crossovers: Polariton BEC to lasing, and equilibrium to nonequilibrium BEC (Abstract)
• Michiel Wouters (Antwerp, Belgium):
  Classical field models for condensates of light (Abstract)
  Spatio-temporal coherence in nonequilibrium condensates of light (Abstract)

5) Cavity Optomechanics

• Uros Delic (Vienna, Austria):
  Cavity optomechanics with polarizable particles: From atoms to dielectric objects (Abstract)
  Collective optomechanics with optically trapped atoms and silica nanoparticles (Abstract)
• Clara Wanjura (Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany):
  Theory of cavity optomechanics (Abstract)
  Engineering sound and light - From non-reciprocity to non-Hermitian topology (Abstract)

More information coming soon...

FEES: 200 € full board and lodging (for DPG* members 100 € )
* The German Physical Society (DPG)

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