Contents - Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme
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participatedwhichopenedaparticularwindowonthethemesofthisseminar,whichingeneralaremainly<br />
theoretical.<br />
Allinall,wehavebeenveryhappyandsatisfiedwiththescientificsuccessoftheseminarandtheperfect<br />
supportprovidedbythe mpipksforwhichweareextremelygrateful.<br />
Korrelationstage2009,Workshop<br />
Scientificcoordinators:M.Grüninger,T.Kopp,H.Kroha<br />
TheKorrelationstageareaseriesofbi-annualconferencesonstronglycorrelatedelectronphysics,the<br />
styleandtopicsofwhichhavecontinuouslybeenadaptedtonoveldevelopmentsinthefieldandtothe<br />
groupofparticipatingphysicists. Fromameetingofafewtheoreticalphysicistsinthelate80’s,the<br />
Korrelationstagedevelopedintoafive-dayconferencewithabout150participants,roughly30%ofthem<br />
beingexperimentalists.TheKorrelationstage2009startedwiththewelcomereceptionSundayevening,<br />
March1st,andintotal65talkswerepresented(includingthecolloquiumtalkonMonday)untilFriday<br />
noon.Inordertostimulatefocuseddiscussionsinthestyleofthesmallmeetingsoftheearly1990swhile<br />
keepingtheconferenceopenforawiderangeoftopicsandparticipants,wemodifiedtheconference<br />
setup: Twofocustopicswereidentifiedforthe2009meeting,“heterostructures”and“nonequilibrium<br />
dynamicsofstronglycorrelatedsystems”,twotimelyandrapidlydevelopingfields,withstrongmutual<br />
stimulationbetweentheoryandexperiment. Foreachfocustopic,weinvitedtwokeynotespeakers,<br />
JochenMannhart,Univ. Augsburg,andGeorgeSawatzky,Univ. BritishColumbia(heterostructures)<br />
aswellasAndreaCavalleri,Univ. Hamburg,andAndrewMillis,ColumbiaUniversity(nonequilibrium<br />
dynamics). AndreaCavallerigavethe mpipkscolloquiumonMondayafternoon. Eachofthesespecial<br />
talks,towhichweallottedtwicethetime(i.e.,40minutesplus10minutesdiscussions),wasexcellent<br />
and,infact,energizedtheKorrelationstagetremendously.Weappreciateverymuchthesupportofthe<br />
mpipksforthisconcept,inparticularthatthetwospeakersfromtheU.S.(AndrewMillis)andCanada<br />
(GeorgeSawatzky)werefunded.Weconsidertheconceptofkeynotespeakersintroducingfocustopics<br />
asextremelysuccessfulandrecommenditstronglyforfutureKorrelationstage.<br />
OneaimoftheKorrelationstageistogiveyoungscientiststheopportunitytoreportontheirwork.About<br />
20talkswerepresentedbyfirst-timespeakers,severalofthemadvancedPhDstudents. Theyblended<br />
perfectlyintothesessionswithmoreexperiencedspeakerswithoutanyreservation. Thescientificlevel<br />
washighandthetalksweremostlyskillful.<br />
Theconferencewasopenforalltopicsofstronglycorrelatedsystems,includingsessionsonlow-dimensional<br />
systems, orbitalphenomena, quantumphasetransitions, high-Tc superconductivity, Kondosystems,<br />
metal-insulatortransitions,magneticorderinHubbard-andHeisenberg-typesystems,theoreticalmethodsforstronglycorrelatedsystemsandcondensateswithultracoldatomgases.<br />
Aspecialfeaturewas<br />
theThursdayeveningsessiononsuperconductivityinFepnictides,anovelfieldthathadappearedin<br />
2008.Thesessionfilledthelectureroomdespitethelatehour.<br />
Irrespectiveofthesession,thescientificdiscussionswerelively(thisactuallyappliedforalltalks)and<br />
reflectedthegreatinterestandinvolvementoftheparticipantsinalltopicswhichwerepresented.This<br />
wasalsovalidforthepostersessionsMondayandTuesdayevening.TheconferenceKorrelationstagestill<br />
representsauniquemeetingforphysicistsworkinginthefieldofstronglycorrelatedelectrons,especially<br />
fortheGermancommunityincludinginternationalguests. Itbooststheexchangeofnewideasandis<br />
inparticularaforumforyoungphysicistswhosubmittedapplicationsingreatnumbersandcontributed<br />
withverygoodorevenexcellentpostersandtalks.<br />
PhysicalBiologyCircleMeeting,Workshop<br />
Scientificcoordinators:S.Grill,F.Jülicher<br />
TheinterfacebetweenBiologyandPhysicsisanexcitingandthrivingfieldofresearch.Ontheonehand,<br />
manykeyquestionsinBiologywillonlyfindananswerthroughthethoroughstudyoftheunderlyingand<br />
relevantphysicalmechanism.Ontheotherhand,thevastcomplexityofbiologicalsystemspresentsyet<br />
unsolvedchallengestotheoreticalphysiciststhatworkintheareasofstatisticalphysics,non-equilibrium<br />
thermodynamicsandcomplexnetworks. Thequestionsthatneedtobeansweredareplentiful,andanswersrequireadetaileddescriptionofbiologicalsystemsatcellularandsub-cellularscales.Thismeeting<br />
waspartofanannualmeetingoftheEuropeanAssociateLaboratory,inacollaborativeeffortbetween<br />
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