Research Frontiers

in Ultracold Quantum Gases
 

Since the first experimental realization of Bose-Einstein condensation in ultracold atomic gases in 1995, there have been several substantial breakthroughs. Today, systems of bosonic or fermionic quantum gases allow for a very high level of experimental control concerning all ingredients of the underlying many-body Hamiltonian. The corresponding trapping geometry can be designed to be harmonic, anharmonic or, recently, even box-like, which mimics a quasi-uniform potential. Furthermore, the shape of the two-particle interaction can be modified from the short-ranged and isotropic contact interaction to the long-ranged and anisotropic dipolar interaction. In particular the possibility to tune the strength of the contact interaction to basically any attractive or repulsive value with the aid of the Feshbach resonances allows nowadays to probe quantum fluids in regimes and under conditions hitherto unavailable. Since 2011 it has even been experimentally achieved to also tune the kinetic energy of the many-body Hamiltonian by producing synthetic spin-orbit coupling. This nourishes the prospect to generate for neutral atoms abelian gauge fields, as they appear in electromagnetism for charged particles, but also non-abelian gauge fields, as they occur in the standard model of elementary particle physics. Therefore, quantum gases are considered to be ideal quantum simulators, that is, they are best capable to simulate difficult quantum problems in condensed matter physics and other fields of physics in the sense of Richard Feynman from 1982.
 
This seminar, which will bring together about 80 participants in December 2018, will provide a comprehensive survey of the different facets of this rapidly evolving subject. Leading international experts will review the present status of the most promising developments concerning ultracold quantum gases from both the experimental and the theoretical point of view, and will discuss future trends and perspectives. Participants are invited to present their current research in three poster sessions. In addition, 6 outstanding contributions will be selected for shorter talks.
 
Thus, the seminar will foster the exchange of information in this fast-developing field at the frontier of contemporary physics, and provide ample opportunity for scientific discussions. Similar to the previous workshops

• Quo vadis BEC? I;
  Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany,
  October 27 - 29, 2006

• 422nd Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar Quo vadis BEC? II;
  Physikzentrum, Bad Honnef, Germany,
  October 29 - 31, 2008

• Summer School and Workshop Quo vadis BEC? III;
  Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany,
  August 2 - 20, 2010

• 514th Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar Quo vadis BEC? IV;
  Physikzentrum, Bad Honnef, Germany,
  August 21 - 25, 2012

• 579th Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar Quo vadis BEC? V;
  Physikzentrum, Bad Honnef, Germany,
  December 16 - 20, 2014

• 616th Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar Ultracold Quantum Gases - Current Trends and Future Perspectives;
  Physikzentrum, Bad Honnef, Germany,
  May 9 - 13, 2016

it is also intended to initiate future collaborations amongst the participants.

 
Location

Travel Information Bad Honnef

Research Topics

Strong Correlations
Dipolar Quantum Gases
Quantum Information
Photonic Systems
Hybrid Systems
Disorder Effects
Spinor BEC
Degenerate Fermions
BEC/BCS crossover
Tunneling
Dynamics
Spin-Orbit Coupling
Gauge Fields
Magnetism
Anyons
Vortices and Transport
Turbulence
Simulating Gravity

Invited Speakers

James Anglin

Johann Blatter

Joachim Brand

Gretchen Campbell

Lauriane Chomaz

Franco Dalfovo

Leonardo Fallani

Christian Groß

Dieter Jaksch

Selim Jochim

Wolfgang Ketterle

Giovanna Morigi

Silke Ospelkaus

Tilman Pfau

Arno Rauschenbeutel

Carsten Robens

Laurent Sanchez-Palencia

Anna Sanpera

Yoshiro Takahashi

Leticia Tarruell

Michael Thorwart

Masahito Ueda

Martin Weitz

Michiel Wouters

Contributed Speakers

Vanderlei Bagnato

Uwe Fischer

Julian Leonard

Philipp Preiss

Richard Schmidt

Emi Yukawa

Latest news:

- The 685th WE-Heraeus-Seminar Research Frontiers in Ultracold Quantum Gases will be funded by the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation.
- There will be no registration fee for participants. Lodging and meals will be fully covered at the Physikzentrum, Bad Honnef (Germany).
- Students and reseachers, who would like to attend the 685th WE-Heraeus SeminarResearch Frontiers in Ultracold Quantum Gases, should send an informal email to
axel.pelster ad physik.uni-kl.de
until August 31, 2018.
In case that you would like to present a poster, please send both title and abstract.
- The accepted participants will be informed by the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation shortly after the deadline August 31, 2018.
- Note that the arrival for the 685th WE-Heraeus-Seminar is scheduled on the late afternoon of Sunday, December 16, 2018 as the conference will start on Monday, December 17, 2016 at 8.40 and will end on Friday, December 21, 2018 after lunch time.

- The preliminary program is available here: program draft from December 3, 2018

Poster:

The poster for the 685th WE-Heraeus Seminar Research Frontiers in Ultracold Quantum Gases can be downloaded from the homepage.

Scientific Organizers: