ANNUAL REPORT 2006

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G. Arutyunov (UU): Introduction to AdS/CFT
D. Boer (VUA): QCD
B. Schellekens (NIKHEF/RU): Beyond the standard model
J.W. van Holten (NIKHEF/VUA): Black holes, compact stars and gravitational waves
In addition to these lecture courses, daily discussion/problem sessions were held in
the afternoon (4,5 hours each week).
Evening seminars (25 January and 1 February) were given by B. de Wit (UU) entitled:
Black hole entropy and K. Jungmann (KVI) entitled: Precision tests of the standard
model. The other evening presentations (15 minutes) were given by the students.
Twenty-one (21) people participated. Seventeen (17) of them were from the Netherlands,
three (3) participants came from Belgium (2 KU Leuven, 1 UL Brussels) and
one (1) participant came from Copenhagen. Further information is given in appendix
C.
Statistical Physics and Theory of Condensed Matter (SPTCM)
The DRSTP Postgraduate Course (AIO/OIO school) Statistical Physics and Theory
of Condensed Matter was held from 15-19 May 2006 in Hotel & conference center De
Bergse Bossen, Driebergen. The programme was organized by J. van den Brink (UL)
and R. van Roij (UU) and included the following lectures (4 hours each):
M. Katsnelson (RU): Path integrals
C. Morais Smith (UU): Dissipation in quantum systems
P. van der Schoot (TUE): Self organisation in soft matter
M. van Hecke (UL): Jamming and force networks in granular matter
In addition to these lecture courses, daily discussion/problem sessions were held in the
afternoon (2 hours for each lecture course). The course of M. Katsnelson consisted of 6
hours lectures and no discussion/problem sessions. An evening seminar (18 May) was
given by D. van Delft (NRC Handelsblad) entitled: Worth publishing! How do editors
of the ‘NRC Handelsblad’ select, describe and make scientific research interesting
for their readers. The other evening presentations (10 minutes) were given by the
students.
Twenty-one (21) students participated. All participants were from the Netherlands.
Further information is given in appendix C.
3.1.2 Guest lecturers
Prof. dr. A.V. Ashtekar (Penn State Univ.) occupied the Kramers Chair at Utrecht
University from 1 April to 1 June 2006. He taught a lecture course on Black holes in
fundamental physics.
Prof. dr. D.R. Nelson (Harvard University) occupied the Lorentz Chair at Leiden
University from 1 May to 1 June 2006. He taught a lecture course on Topics in
statistical biophysics and quantitative biology.
Prof. dr. M. Roček (SUNY, Stony Brook) occupied the Van der Waals Chair at the
Universiteit van Amsterdam from 1 January to 31 July 2006. He taught a lecture
course on Supersymmetry and supergravity.