Name: Frontiers in Physics
Start: 2024-10-28T08:15:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-30T15:30:00+01:00
Location: LMU Munich

Frontiers in Physics

from Monday, October 28, 2024 (8:15 AM) to Wednesday, October 30, 2024 (3:30 PM)

Monday, October 28, 2024

8:30 AM Registration
Registration
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Room: Faculty of Physics
9:15 AM Welcome - Ulrich Schollwöck (Dean Faculty of Physics, LMU Munich) Ralf Bender (LMU Munich) Bernd Huber (President LMU Munich)
Welcome
- Ulrich Schollwöck (Dean Faculty of Physics, LMU Munich)
- Ralf Bender (LMU Munich)
- Bernd Huber (President LMU Munich)
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Faculty of Physics
9:30 AM Photonic Time-Crystals and Light-Matter interactions therein - Mordechai (Moti) Segev (Technion)
Photonic Time-Crystals and Light-Matter interactions therein
- Mordechai (Moti) Segev (Technion)
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Faculty of Physics
10:00 AM Gauged Gaussian PEPS: Studying Hamiltonian lattice gauge theories in more than one space dimension using tensor networks and Monte-Carlo. - Erez Zohar (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Gauged Gaussian PEPS: Studying Hamiltonian lattice gauge theories in more than one space dimension using tensor networks and Monte-Carlo.
- Erez Zohar (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Faculty of Physics
10:30 AM Quantum Simulation with Ultracold Atoms, Molecules and Photons - Immanuel Bloch (LMU Munich)
Quantum Simulation with Ultracold Atoms, Molecules and Photons
- Immanuel Bloch (LMU Munich)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Faculty of Physics
11:00 AM Coffee
Coffee
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Faculty of Physics
11:30 AM The interstellar medium of galaxies - Amiel Sternberg (Tel Aviv University)
The interstellar medium of galaxies
- Amiel Sternberg (Tel Aviv University)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics
12:00 PM Origin of Excessively Bright Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes at Cosmic Dawn - Avishai Dekel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Origin of Excessively Bright Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes at Cosmic Dawn
- Avishai Dekel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics
12:30 PM Massive Black Holes: Experimental Evidence and Cosmic Evolution - Reinhard Genzel (LMU Munich)
Massive Black Holes: Experimental Evidence and Cosmic Evolution
- Reinhard Genzel (LMU Munich)
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics
2:00 PM Quantum Optics with Strong Fields - Ido Kaminer (Technion)
Quantum Optics with Strong Fields
- Ido Kaminer (Technion)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics
2:30 PM Simulating real materials with tensor networks - Ulrich Schollwöck (LMU Munich)
Simulating real materials with tensor networks
- Ulrich Schollwöck (LMU Munich)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics
3:00 PM Diffusive relays and how they stop - Ariel Amir (Weizmann Institute)
Diffusive relays and how they stop
- Ariel Amir (Weizmann Institute)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics
3:30 PM Coffee
Coffee
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics
4:00 PM Slow, noise-driven avalanches drive the physical aging of disordered matter - from crumpled sheets to seismic aftershocks - Yoav Lahini (Tel Aviv University)
Slow, noise-driven avalanches drive the physical aging of disordered matter - from crumpled sheets to seismic aftershocks
- Yoav Lahini (Tel Aviv University)
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics
4:30 PM Artificial cells in 2D - Roy Bar-Ziv (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Artificial cells in 2D
- Roy Bar-Ziv (Weizmann Institute of Science)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics
5:00 PM Recreating early Life in the lab - Dieter Braun (LMU Munich)
Recreating early Life in the lab
- Dieter Braun (LMU Munich)
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
9:00 AM Quantum field theory and string theory: rivals or duals? - Ofer Aharony (Weizmann Institute)
Quantum field theory and string theory: rivals or duals?
- Ofer Aharony (Weizmann Institute)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Faculty of Physics
9:30 AM Deep Learning and Physics - Yaron Oz (Tel Aviv University)
Deep Learning and Physics
- Yaron Oz (Tel Aviv University)
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Faculty of Physics
10:00 AM Gravitationally Dominated Instantons - Slava Mukhanov (LMU Munich)
Gravitationally Dominated Instantons
- Slava Mukhanov (LMU Munich)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Faculty of Physics
10:30 AM Directions in particle physics - Abner Soffer (Tel Aviv University)
Directions in particle physics
- Abner Soffer (Tel Aviv University)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Faculty of Physics
11:00 AM Coffee
Coffee
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Faculty of Physics
11:30 AM Topological Materials - Roni Ilan (Tel Aviv University)
Topological Materials
- Roni Ilan (Tel Aviv University)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics
12:00 PM Thermodynamic probes of strongly correlated 2D moire matter - Dmitri Efetov (LMU Munich)
Thermodynamic probes of strongly correlated 2D moire matter
- Dmitri Efetov (LMU Munich)
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics
12:30 PM Few-photon physics - Ofer Firstenberg (Weizmann Institute)
Few-photon physics
- Ofer Firstenberg (Weizmann Institute)
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics
1:00 PM Quantum simulation – Engineering & understanding quantum systems atom-by-atom - Monika Aidelsburger (LMU Munich)
Quantum simulation – Engineering & understanding quantum systems atom-by-atom
- Monika Aidelsburger (LMU Munich)
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics
1:30 PM Lunch & Poster session
Lunch & Poster session
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics

3:30 PM Free time
Free time
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics

5:00 PM Bus transfer Deutsches Museum
Bus transfer Deutsches Museum
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

5:30 PM Visit Deutsches Museum: Light & Matter exhibition, Optics & Atomic Physics
Visit Deutsches Museum: Light & Matter exhibition, Optics & Atomic Physics
5:30 PM - 7:25 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics

7:25 PM Transfer to Restaurant
Transfer to Restaurant
7:25 PM - 7:30 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics

7:30 PM Workshop Dinner
Workshop Dinner
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Room: Valentinssaal, First Floor

10:00 PM Bus transfer to Leonardo Boutique Hotel
Bus transfer to Leonardo Boutique Hotel
10:00 PM - 10:20 PM
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
9:00 AM The recently discovered three black holes in wide binaries by Gaia astrometry - Tsevi Mazeh (Tel Aviv University)
The recently discovered three black holes in wide binaries by Gaia astrometry
- Tsevi Mazeh (Tel Aviv University)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Faculty of Physics
9:30 AM Self-organised galaxy evolution at the edge of chaos - Andreas Burkert (LMU Munich)
Self-organised galaxy evolution at the edge of chaos
- Andreas Burkert (LMU Munich)
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Faculty of Physics
10:00 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Faculty of Physics
10:30 AM Lightwave-driven electrons in a Floquet topological insulator - Peter Hommelhoff (LMU Munich)
Lightwave-driven electrons in a Floquet topological insulator
- Peter Hommelhoff (LMU Munich)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Faculty of Physics
11:00 AM What is (topological) String Theory? - Eran Palti (Ben-Gurion University)
What is (topological) String Theory?
- Eran Palti (Ben-Gurion University)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Faculty of Physics
11:30 AM On topological field theory - Ilka Brunner (LMU Munich)
On topological field theory
- Ilka Brunner (LMU Munich)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics
12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics

1:00 PM End of Meeting
End of Meeting
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM
Room: Faculty of Physics

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