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AtomicPhysics2010,Workshop<br />

Scientificcoordinators:K.Hornberger,J.-M.Rost<br />

Thisyear’satomicphysicsconferencebroughttogetherexperimentalistsandtheoristsfromvariousareas<br />

inatomicandmolecularphysics. Whilethefirsthalfofthemeetingwasdevotedtotimelytopicsof<br />

generalinterest,thesecondhalffocusedonthequantumdynamicsofmolecularmotion.Wehadmore<br />

than80participantsfrommainlyEuropeancountries,aswellasafewvisitorsfromoverseas.Theprogram<br />

consistedof42invitedtalks,eachonewith15minutesofallocateddiscussiontime. OnTuesdayand<br />

Thursdaywehadpostersessionswheremorethan40posterswerepresented. Theensuingdiscussions<br />

continuedwellintothelateevening.<br />

ThemeetingstartedoutonMondaywithavarietyoftopicsofcurrentinterest,thushighlightingthe<br />

breadthofpresentdayatomicandmolecularphysics. Weheardtalksonultra-coldatomsinoptical<br />

lattices,onevidenceforelectronicentanglementinthedecayproductsofdimers,andonenergytransfer<br />

onquantumaggregatestonameafew. Theinstitute-widecolloquiumtalkwaspresentedbyReinhard<br />

Drner,whoexplainedhowtwolooselyboundatomscanbeionizedwithasinglephotonintheCOLTRIMS<br />

experimentpioneeredbytheirgroup. Thetopicofphoto-ionizationwastakenuponTuesday,with<br />

presentationsonaultra-fastionizationprocessesinsystemsrangingfromheliumnano-dropletsandpolyatomicmoleculestometalclusters.ThegeneralprogramwasroundedoutonWednesdaywithtalkson<br />

optimallycontrolledphasegatesinopticallatticesandtimeresolvedspectroscopyamongstothers.<br />

ThesecondhalfofthemeetingbeganonWednesday,focusingonthequantumdynamicsofmolecular<br />

motion.Thepresentationscoveredrecentbreakthroughsinmanipulatingthemotionandtheorientation<br />

ofmolecules,rangingfromdimerstolargebiochemicalspecies.Suchtasksarerequirede.g.forstudying<br />

state-resolvedreactionsandfordemonstratingmolecularentanglement,asanumberoftalkspointed<br />

out. Themeetingbroughtexpertsfromthefieldsofdeceleratingandtrappingmoleculesincontact<br />

withspecialistsonmolecularcoolingandalignment,andwithresearchersworkingontheinterferometry<br />

ofmolecularmatterwavesandonmolecularcollisionandreactionstudies. Itbecameclearthatthese<br />

differentcommunitiesshareaninterestincontrollingmolecularquantumdynamics,andtheensuing<br />

discussionsledtoanexchangeofideasbetweenthevariousfields.<br />

3.4 ExternallyFundedResearchandRelationstoIndustry<br />

3.4.1 DFGProjects<br />

IndividualProjects<br />

• DirectedTransportwithinHamiltonianDynamics:FromTheorytoColdAtomsExperiments,Dr.S.<br />

Flach<br />

• MoleculeInterferometryandMetrology,Dr.K.Hornberger<br />

• QuantumChaosinOpticalMicrocavities,Dr.M.Hentschel<br />

3.4.2 EUFunding<br />

• EuropeanResearchNetworkEuropeanNetworkinSystemsBiology,Prof.Dr.F.Jülicher<br />

• ESF-ResearchNetworkingArraysofquantumdotsandJosephsonjunctions,Dr.S.Flach<br />

• ESF-ResearchNetworkingHighlyFrustratedMagnetism,Prof.R.Moessner<br />

• EU-FP7SystemsBiologyofMitosis,Prof.F.Jülicher<br />

• EU-FP7Topologicaleffectsinmatterwithstrongspin-orbitcoupling,Prof.R.Moessner<br />

• EUCOSTActionCM0702:ChemistrywithUltrashortPulsesandFree-ElectronLasers:Looking<br />

forControlStrategiesThroughExactComputations,Dr.U.Saalmann<br />

• EUMarieCurieActions-NetworksforInitialTraining: COHERENCECooperativityinHighly<br />

ExcitedRydbergEnsembles-ControlandEntanglement,Dr.T.Pohl<br />

• EUMarieCurieActions-NetworksforInitialTraining:CORINFCorrelatedMultielectronDynamics<br />

inIntenseLightFields,Prof.J.-M.Rost<br />

3.4. ExternallyFundedResearchandRelationstoIndustry 145

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