ESF Research Conferences

Welcome addresses

B. Lev, Stanford University, US

Quantum degenerate gases of dysprosium

B. Laburthe-Tolra, Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, FR

Magnetic properties of dipolar chromium condensates

S. Kotochigova, Temple University, US

Controlling ultracold collisions of highly magnetic atoms with Feshbach resonances

K. Aikawa, University of Innsbruck, AT

Bose-Einstein condensation of erbium

E. Henn, Stuttgart University, DE

Time-of-flight and deconfinement-induced collapses in dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical lattice

Lunch break

Coffee break

16:15-16:50

F. Merkt, ETH Zurich, CH

Experiments with trapped cold Rydberg atoms and molecules

C. Sá de Melo, Georgia Institute of Technology, US

Quantum phases of ultra-cold molecules   

17:25-18:00

A. Browaeys, Institut d'Optique, FR

Experimental investigation of long range dipole-dipole interaction between cold atoms

18:00-18:30

A. Glätzle, University of Innsbruck, AT

Non-equilibrium dynamics of polar molecules and Rydberg atoms

19:00

Dinner

J. Ye, JILA, US

Ultracold polar molecules - MOT, evaporation,and the quantum regime

G. Rempe, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, DE

Cooling of electrically trapped polyatomic molecules

09:05-09:40

S. Yelin, University of Connecticut, US 

Superradiance and cooling polar molecules

10:10-10:45

J. Hutson, University of Durham, UK

Ultracold hydrogen atoms: a versatile coolant for molecules

N. Vanhaecke, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck, DE

Manipulation and control of molecular beams

J. Barry, Yale University, US

Progress towards magneto-optical trapping of SrF

15:45-16:15

Coffee Break

D. Jin, JILA, US 

Ultracold polar KRb molecules

P. Julienne, National Institute of Standards and Technology, US

Recent results on ultracold 2-body and 3-body scattering resonances

T. Takekoshi, University of Innsbruck, AT

Rovibhyperfine ground-state RbCs

M. Zwierlein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

Ultracold fermionic Feshbach molecules of NaK

19:00

Poster Session

C. Salomon, Ecole Normale Supérieure, FR

Strongly interacting Bose gases

C. Greene, Purdue University, US

Universal Efimov physics for heteronuclear systems

S. Jochim, University of Heidelberg, DE

One, two, many: from few- to many body physics with ultracold fermions

S. Roy, LENS, IT

Universality of the three-body Efimov parameter for closed-channel dominated Feshbach resonances

E. Kuhnle, Heidelberg University, DE

An ultracold mixture of Li and Cs

Lunch Break

M. Lewenstein, Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, ES

Dipolar molecules in optical lattices revisited

H.-P. Büchler, University of Suttgart, DE

Anomalous behavior of spin systems with dipolar interactions

J. Bohn, JILA, US

The ins and outs of highly resonant ultracold scattering

E. Narevicius, Weizmann Institute of Science, IL

Quantum effects in cold reactions with merged beams

K. Ohmori, Institute for Molecular Science, JP

Optically engineered quantum states in ultrafast and ultracold systems

O. Dulieu, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, FR

Theory of photoassociation of cold atom-molecule pairs

P. Corkum, University of Ottawa, CA

Aligning and orienting molecules with intense light pulses

C. Koch, University of Kassel, DE

Enhancing photoassociation by non-resonant light control of shape resonances

R. González-Férez, Universidad de Granada, ES

Non-adiabatic effects in long-pulse mixed-field orientation of a rotationally cold polar molecule

Lunch Break

Coffee break

E. Hinds, Imperial College of London, UK

Intense, cold, slow radical beams: plans for the electron EDM

Dinner

Poster session

Breakfast and Departure