Invited Speakers

Geoffrey Beach gbeach@physics.utexas.edu University of Texas	Experimental CM, Magnetic thin films Domains of opposing magnetization direction in a ferromagnet are separated by transition regions called domain walls. These walls may be moved not only by a magnetic field, but also by an electric current, through the process of spin-momentum transfer. [more...]
Emanuele Berti berti@wugrav.wustl.edu Washington University	Gravitational wave theory/experiment The direct detection of gravitational waves on Earth and in space will open a new window on the Universe. It will also tell us if Einstein's general relativity is indeed the [more...]
Gustavo Dalpian gdalpain@ices.utexas.edu UFABC Brazil	Computational CM, pseudopotential DFT [CANCELLED...]
Henriette Elvang elvang@lns.mit.edu MIT	Strings and Supergravity Theory Black holes are fundamental objects in gravity, and much effort is made to understand them. As a candidate for quantum gravity, String Theory motivates the study of black holes in [more...]
Bonnie Fleming bonnie.fleming@yale.edu Yale	Experimental Neutrino [more...]
Sayantani Ghosh sghosh@ucmerced.edu UC Merced	Experimental Condensed Matter - Optical spin electronics The ability to control and manipulate spins in solid state systems forms the basis for spintronics and quantum information technologies. I will provide an overview of the study of spin dynamics in different systems, where we use electric, magnetic and optical fields to manipulate electron spin coherence. [more...]
Daniel Goldman digoldma@berkeley.edu Berkeley	Biologically-inspired mechanics Organisms like insects, lizards and crabs negotiate complex terrain in ways that no human-made robot can. While there has been progress made in the study of terrestrial locomotion on [more...]
Eun-Ah Kim eunahkim@stanford.edu Stanford	Theoretical CM, Quantum Hall effect I will discuss the role of self-organized mesoscale inhomogeneity and spatial anisotropy in the macroscopic and collective properties of strongly correlated condensed matter [more...]
Edvardas Narevicius enarevicius@mail.utexas.edu University of Texas	Experimental AMO [more...]
Evan Reed reed23@llnl.gov Livermore National Lab	Computational dynamics at extreme conditions Shock wave compression enables the study of high temperature (>1 eV), high pressure (> 1 Mbar), and dynamic properties of materials. These properties are of astrophysical, [more...]
Ana Maria Rey arey@cfa.harvard.edu Harvard	Theory of strongly correlated atoms It is well-known that entangled atomic states (e.g. so-called spin squeezed states) potentially allow to significantly improve resolution in Ramsey spectroscopy. However, entangled states [more...]
Tongye Shen tshen@ucsd.edu UC San Diego	Biophysics theory Biological systems function in noisy environments. To understand how the signaling information is propagated and how large scale structure form in the cells are major [more...]
Joseph Thywissen jht@physics.utoronto.ca University of Toronto	Experimental AMO We describe our recent experiments with 40K, a fermion, and 87Rb, a boson, in the quantum degenerate regime. First, we describe our apparatus, which is based on a microfabricated magnetic trap. These "chip" traps provide strong magnetic field gradients, which compress the clouds and allow for evaporative and rapid sympathetic cooling. [more...]