Contents - Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme
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the<strong>Institut</strong>eCurieinParis,theAMOLFinAmsterdam,EMBLinHeidelberg,andthe<strong>Max</strong><strong>Planck</strong><strong>Institut</strong>eforthePhysicsofComplexSystemsinDresden.November2004wasthelasttimeittookplace<br />
inDresden,andithassincetakenplaceinParis,AmsterdamandHeidelberg,followedbyDresdenagain<br />
thisyear. Themainfocusofthismeetingwastobringtogetherstudents,postdocsandPIsthatapply<br />
modernexperimentalandtheoreticalapproachestosolveproblemsinphysicalbiology.Generally,aspecificemphasiswasputontopicsthatcloselyconnectexperimentalandtheoreticalapproaches.<br />
Topics<br />
discussedincludedcellmotility,cellpolarization,activepolargelsandactivemembranes. Specifically,<br />
oralpresentationscoveredtheMinsystemsofsubcellularorganization,microtubuledynamicsinvivoand<br />
reconstituted,meioticnuclearoscillationsinfissionyeast,symmetrybreakinginCaenorhabditiselegans,<br />
cleavagefurrowstability,lipidsorting,polymersomes,andproteinfriction.Aspecificaimofthismeeting<br />
wastoallowgraduatestudentstopresenttheirworkataratherearlystageoftheircareer,andall<br />
talksweregivenbygraduatestudents.Talksdisplayedaremarkablyhighlevelofquality.Postdocsand<br />
otherattendeespresentedtheirworkatapostersession,whichwasalargeemphasisofthismeeting,<br />
withalmost60presentedposters.Withover90participantsfroallfourinstitutions,thismeetingwasa<br />
largesuccess.Manynovelresearchtopicswerediscussed,andahostofnewcollaborationsbetweenthe<br />
respectiveparticipantsweresparked.Thismeetingisofcentralinfluencetothegrowingfieldofphysical<br />
biology,itsetsthestandardofhowresearchshouldbedoneinthisrelativelynovelfieldofresearch.<br />
BlochOscillationsandLandau-ZenerTunneling:FromHotElectronstoUltracoldAtoms,<br />
SeminarandWorkshop<br />
Scientificcoordinators:E.Arimondo,Y.A.Kosevich,T.Pertsch<br />
BlochoscillationsandLandau-Zenertunnelingarethefundamentalpropertiesofquantumdynamicsof<br />
aparticleinaperiodicpotentialsubjecttoanexternalstaticforce. Thewave-particledualismleadsto<br />
acompletelycounterintuitivebehaviouroftheBloch-oscillatingwavepacket-particle.Sincemanyyears<br />
thisbehaviourattractedsubstantialinterestinitsdeeptheoreticalunderstandingandclearexperimental<br />
observation.ThemainpurposeofthisInternationalSeminarandWorkshopwastobringtogetherleading<br />
expertsinthestudyofBlochoscillationsandLandau-Zenertunnelingindierentsystemsandmaterials,<br />
suchassemiconductorsuperlatticesanddevicesforhotelectrons,opticalwaveguidearrays,optical<br />
superlatticesandphotoniccrystalsforphotonicwavepackets,ultrasonicsuperlatticesandsuperlattices<br />
madeofacousticmicro-andnanocavitiesforacousticandphononicwavepackets,opticallatticesfor<br />
ensemblesofultracoldatomsandBose-Einsteincondensates.TheSeminar(April14-May01,2009)<br />
wasdevotedtolectures,researchworkandsynergeticdiscussions. DuringtheSeminar,severalinvited<br />
andcontributedspeakers(Bastard, Cataliotti, Holthaus, Ishkanyan, Jusserand, Khomeriki, Kolovsky,<br />
Krimer,Manevitch,Oberthaler,O’Dell,Renk,Ruo,Weitz)havegivencomprehensivelecturesforyoung<br />
researchers,researchersfromthe mpipksandparticipantsofoureventfromdierentfieldsofphysics.<br />
Eachweekaround15participantsattendedSeminarlectures.DuringtheWorkshopweek(May04-08,<br />
2009),theinvitedandcontributedtalkswerefocusedonthefundamentalconcepts,appealingphysical<br />
analogiesandinterdisciplinaryexchangeofideas,aswellasonnovelapplicationsofBlochoscillations<br />
andLandau-Zenertunnelinginabroadspectrumofmodernmaterialsandactualsystems. Thetotal<br />
numberofparticipantswasmorethan60comingfromallovertheworld.Theparticipantsrepresented<br />
anappropriatemixtureofseniorscientistsandlessexperiencedyoungresearchers.Theprogramprovided<br />
opportunitiestobothgroupstointeractonvariouslevelsonthespecifictopicsinthebroadscopeof<br />
theevent. Inparticulartheyoungresearchershavebeengiventhechancetointeractandtopresent<br />
themselvesduringthepostersessionswhichhavebeenorganizedalongwiththeworkshopprogram. In<br />
additionseveraltalkshavebeengivenbythenextgenerationscientistaswell. Thegivenpresentations<br />
representedabalancedmixtureofthedifferenttargetedfieldsofphysicsinwhichBlochOscillations<br />
andLandau-ZenerTunnelingcanbeobserved.Forhistoricalreasonssemiconductorsupperlatticeshad<br />
beeninthefocusofmanyscientists(Alekseev,Allen,Bastard,Beltram,Dignam,Domnguez-Adame,<br />
Fromhold,Hyart,Kosevich,Manevitch,Renk,Wacker),withpresentationscoveringthedevelopmentof<br />
thisresearchsincethepioneeringworkofEsakiandTsuinearlyseventiesandnewapproachestothe<br />
interpretationofcomplexexperimentaldataincludingrecentstudiesofultrafasttransientphenomena<br />
inensemblesofphotoexcitedcarriers. Howeveritbecameclearthatexperimentalstudiesofultracold<br />
atomsandBose-Einsteincondensatesattractincreasinginterestwithanimpressivequalityimprovement<br />
oftheexperimentaldata(Biraben,Cirac,Daz,Fromhold,Gat,Holthaus,Kosevich,Kolovsky,Korsch,<br />
Morsch,Nagerl,Oberthaler,Salomon,Stringari,Weitz,Wimberger).Inadditiontherehavebeenpresentationsdevotedtonewlyemergingfields,likephotonicsystems(Desyatnikov,Dignam,Dreisow,Kavokin,<br />
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