Quantum Condensates, Cambridge July 6th-7th 2005

The programme and poster list is available for download in pdf format below.

Wednesday, 6th July

10.00 Opening

Chair: G.G. Lonzarich

10.15 G.E.Volovik, Helsinki University of Technology and
L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics
Quantum Phase Transitions Regulated by Momentum-Space Topology

10.45 J. L. Smith, Los Alamos National Laboratory
UGe2 and collective modes in alpha-U

11.15 Tea

11.30 M. Gunn, University of Birmingham
No Normal Fluid in Rapidly Rotating Condensates

12.00 N. Skipper, University College London
Bose-Einstein Condensation in Metal-Ammonia Solutions?

12.30 T.E. Weller, University College London
Superconductivity in Graphite Intercalates C6Yb and C6Ca: Seeking Explanation

12.45 Lunch/Posters

14.00 LTG AGM – Chair: M. Lea

Chair: B.D. Simons

15.00 C.J. Foot, University of Oxford
Quasi-2D Confinement of a BEC in a Combined Optical and Magnetic Potential

15.30 N. Berloff, University of Cambridge
Coherent Structures in Miscible Condensates

16.00 Tea/Posters

17.00 A.G. Green, University of St. Andrews
Non-Linear Quantum Critical Transport and the Schwinger Mechanism

17.30 R.P. Smith, University of Cambridge
Evidence for a Quantum Tri-Critical Point in Ni3Al and Ni3Ga

17.45 Z. Hadzibabic, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris
Layered 2D Bose-Einstein Condensates

18.15 R.G. Scott, University of Nottingham
Anomalous Quantum Reflection of Bose-Einstein Condensates from a Silicon
Surface: the Role of Dynamical Excitations

19.00 Pre-Dinner Drinks

19.30 Conference Dinner at Clare College

Thrusday, 7th July

Chair: P.B. Littlewood

09.30 G. Baskaran, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
A New Theory of Supersolid 4He

10.00 G.R. Pickett, Lancaster University
The Phase Transitions of Superfluid 3He (in Time and Space)

10.30 J. Saunders, Royal Holloway
Quantum Phase Transitions in Two Dimensional 3He

11.00 Tea

11.15 C. Barnes, University of Cambridge
In Search of a Controllable Many-Particle System

11.45 A. Golov, University of Manchester
Domain Walls in 3He-A: Which Type to Expect?

12.00 R.P. Haley, Lancaster University
Manipulating the AB Interface in Superfluid 3He at Ultralow Temperatures

12.15 V. Tsepelin, Lancaster University
Measurements of Quantum Turbulence Generated by a Vibrating Grid
Resonator in the B-phase of Superfluid 3He at Very Low Temperatures

12.30 Lunch

13.45 J. Ruostekoski, University of Hertfordshire
Preparation and Stability of Topological Excitations in Atomic Bose-Einstein
Condensates

14.00 K.A Benedict, University of Nottingham
Instabilities in Moving Condensates in Optical Lattices

14.15 M.S. Laad, Loughborough University
Quantum Orbital Liquid in Cubic Ruthenium Oxides

14.30 Closing: M. Lea