The purpose of the retreat is mainly to provide a forum for discussion. The main target of the discussions will be the identification of new research directions and of research/collaboration strategies to define and optimize QUEST activity in these fields. The purpose of talks will be as take-off points for discussions as well as to provide updates on the present state of the art.
Monday and Tuesday (August 6 and 7) will be largely devoted to problems of measurement, control, and coherence in condensed matter systems. The quantum mechanics of nanomechanical systems will constitute a major focus area. Quantum and atomic optical systems will be the focus of discussions on Wednesday and Thursday (August 8 and 9). The application of techniques from quantum and atomic optics to condensed matter systems (and vice versa) will be a major topic of interest during the week. The last day (Friday, August 10) will be reserved for wrap-up discussions.
All morning sessions will begin at 9:30 am. The idea will be to go through two talks (30 minutes + 10 minute discussion each) and then break for a discussion session, ending at 12.00 pm. The after-lunch sessions will begin at 1.30 pm, with a talk leading to discussions (till no longer than 5.00 pm). The looseness of the format is meant to encourage informal interactions.
| Day/Date | Morning Talk 1 | Morning Talk 2 | Discussion | Afternoon Talk | Discussion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, Aug 6 | Keith Schwab | Henry Huang | Quantum Nanomechanics 1 | Eyal Buks (1) | Quantum Nanomechanics 2 |
| Tuesday, Aug 7 | Eyal Buks (2) | Kurt Jacobs | Measurement Issues 1 | Ignacio Wilson-Rae | Measurement Issues 2 |
| Wednesday, Aug 8 | Steck Postponed to | Afternoon Session | Quantum-Classical Transition | Eddy Timmermans | Condensates |
| Thursday, Aug 9 | Mark Raizen | Poul Jessen | Measurement Issues | Andrew Landahl | Control Issues |
| Friday, Aug 10 | Wrap-up | <---> | <---> | <---> | <---> |
| Speaker | Talk Title |
|---|---|
| Keith Schwab | TBA (Quantum Aspects of Nanomechanical Systems) |
| Henry Huang | Experimental Approach for the Observation of Mechanical Quantum Fluctuations |
| Eyal Buks | Metastability and the Casimir Effect in Micromechanical Systems |
| Eyal Buks | Dephasing in Electron Interference by a `Which-Path' Detector |
| Kurt Jacobs | Continuous Position Measurement |
| Ignacio Wilson-Rae | Quantum Dot Cavity QED: Effects of Electron-Phonon Interactions |
| Dan Steck | Chaos Assisted Tunneling |
| Eddy Timmermans | Recent Advances in Cold Atom Physics |
| Mark Raizen | Stochastic Cooling of Atoms |
| Poul Jessen | Methods to Measure Angular Momentum States, and their Possible Application to Quantum Chaos and Control |
| Andrew Landahl | TBA (Error Correction/Feedback) |
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| Salman Habib / T-8 / LANL / habib@shiva.lanl.gov / revised July 01 | |