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Frontiers of Quantum and Mesoscopic Thermodynamics

31 July - 6 August 2022, Prague, Czech Republic

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Times in program corresponds to Prague time zone (UTC/GMT +2 hours).
 
Thursday, 4 August 2022

07:50 - 9:50 1 session: General physics, light - matter interactions
Location: Pyramida Hotel Lecture Hall A
chairperson: Elisabetta Paladino
07:50 - 08:20 Christoph Bruder
Quantum synchronization
08:20 - 08:50 Björn Kubala, Ciprian Padurariu, Ambroise Peugeot, Gerbold Menard, Denis Vion, Daniel Esteve, Fabien Portier, and Joachim Ankerhold
Bright sources for quantum microwaves by dc-biased superconducting circuits
08:50 - 09:20 Vincenzo Macrì
Virtual and real dynamical Casimir effects in optomechanical systems
09:20 - 09:50 Eliahu Cohen and Ismael Lucas de Paiva
Quantum clocks: time-energy uncertainty relations and the emergence of non-unitarity

09:50 - 10:10 Coffee break

10:10 - 12:10 2 session: Quantum transport, spin systems
Location: Pyramida Hotel Lecture Hall A
chairperson: Wolfgang Belzig
10:10 - 10:40 Christian D Glattli, Imen Taktak, Jayshankar Nath, Maelle Kapfer, Preden Roulleau, Matteo Acciai, Janine Splettstoesser, Ian Farrer, and David Ritchie
Two-particle time-domain interferometry in the fractional quantum Hall effect regime
10:40 - 11:10 Jan van Ruitenbeek and Ferdinand Evers
On the problem of chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS)
11:10 - 11:40 E.K.U. Gross (online)
Non-linear spin dynamics, the OISTR effect, and the birth of atto-magnetism
11:40 - 12:10 Shmuel Gurvitz, Matteo Zendra, Luca Celardo, and Fausto Borgonovi
Non-standard Hubbard model and two-electron pairing

12:10 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 14:30 3 session: Light - matter interactions
Location: Pyramida Hotel Lecture Hall A
chairperson: Christoph Bruder
13:00 - 13:30 Luigi Giannelli, Elisabetta Paladino, Miroslav Grajicar, George Sorin Paraoanu, and Giuseppe Falci
Detection of virtual photons in ultrastrongly coupled quantum systems
13:30 - 14:00 Omar Di Stefano
Gauge principle and gauge invariance issues in the ultrastrong coupling regime
14:00 - 14:30 Roberto Stassi, Mauro Cirio, Ken Funo, Neill Lambert, Jorge Puebla, and Franco Nori
Unveiling and veiling an entangled light-matter quantum state from the vacuum

14:30 - 14:50 Coffee break

14:50 - 16:20 4 session: Quantum optics, General physics
Location: Pyramida Hotel Lecture Hall A
chairperson: Vincenzo Macrì
14:50 - 15:20 Alistair James Brash
Quantum optics in the solid state
15:20 - 15:50 Evgenii Narimanov and Emroz Khan
Ghost exchange: Ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic phase transition in linear optics of non-magnetic dielectrics
15:50 - 16:20 Sai Ramakrishna and Tamar Seideman (online)
Insights from high harmonic generation. Toy models

16:20 - 17:00 Free time

17:00 - 22:00 Evening session: Public lectures of Guy Consolmagno, Harrison Schmitt and concert
Location: Pyramida Hotel Lecture Hall A
chairperson: Václav Špička

17:00 - 17:15 Music introduction and opening address

17:15 - 18:30 Public lecture
17:15 - 18:15 Guy J. Consolmagno
Astronomy, God, and the Search for Elegance

18:15 - 18:30 Discussion after the lecture of Guy Consolmagno

18:30 - 18:45 Coffee break

18:45 - 20:00 Public lecture
18:45 - 19:45 Harrison H Schmitt
From Coyotes to Moonbeams

19:45 - 20:00 Disscusion after the lecture of Harrsion Schmitt

20:00 - 20:30 Coffee break

20:30 - 22:00 Concert of classical music