ESF Research Conferences

ESF Conference in Partnership with LFUI

Cold and Ultracold Molecules

18-23 November 2012

Final Programme

Sunday 18 November
17:00–19:00Registration at the ESF Desk
19.00
Welcome Drink
19:30
Dinner
Monday 19 November
08:15 -08:30

Welcome addresses

Session I                         
08:30-09:05

B. Lev, Stanford University, US

Quantum degenerate gases of dysprosium

09:05-09:40

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

Magnetic properties of dipolar chromium condensates

09:40-10:10
Coffee break
10:10-10:45

S. Kotochigova, Temple University, US

Controlling ultracold collisions of highly magnetic atoms with Feshbach resonances

10:45-11:20

K. Aikawa, University of Innsbruck, AT

Bose-Einstein condensation of erbium

11:20-11:55

E. Henn, Stuttgart University, DE

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

12:00-15:45

Lunch break

15:45-16:15

Coffee break

Session II                         

16:15-16:50

F. Merkt, ETH Zurich, CH

Experiments with trapped cold Rydberg atoms and molecules

16:50-17:25

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

20:30-21:30

J. Ye, JILA, US

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

Tuesday 20 November
Session III
08:30-09:05

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

09:40-10:10Coffee Break

10:10-10:45

J. Hutson, University of Durham, UK

Ultracold hydrogen atoms: a versatile coolant for molecules

10:45-11:20   

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

Manipulation and control of molecular beams

11:20-11:50

J. Barry, Yale University, US

Progress towards magneto-optical trapping of SrF

12:00-15:45Lunch Break

15:45-16:15

Coffee Break

Session IV                         
16:15-16:50

D. Jin, JILA, US 

Ultracold polar KRb molecules

16:50-17:25

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

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

17:25-18:00

T. Takekoshi, University of Innsbruck, AT

Rovibhyperfine ground-state RbCs

18:00-18:35

M. Zwierlein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

Ultracold fermionic Feshbach molecules of NaK

19:00

Dinner
20:30-22:00

Poster Session

Wednesday 21 November
Session V     
08:30-09:05

C. Salomon, Ecole Normale Supérieure, FR

Strongly interacting Bose gases

09:05-09:40  

C. Greene, Purdue University, US

Universal Efimov physics for heteronuclear systems

09:40-10:10Coffee Break
10:10-10:45

S. Jochim, University of Heidelberg, DE

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

10:45-11:20

S. Roy, LENS, IT

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

11:20-11:55

E. Kuhnle, Heidelberg University, DE

An ultracold mixture of Li and Cs

12:00-15:00

Lunch Break

15:00-16:00Plenary discussion/ future trends     
16:00-16:30    Coffee break
Session VI  
16:30-17:05

M. Lewenstein, Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, ES

Dipolar molecules in optical lattices revisited

17:05-17:40

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

Anomalous behavior of spin systems with dipolar interactions

17:40-18:15

J. Bohn, JILA, US

The ins and outs of highly resonant ultracold scattering

18:15-18:45

E. Narevicius, Weizmann Institute of Science, IL

Quantum effects in cold reactions with merged beams

19:00Conference Dinner
Thursday 22 November
Session VII
08:30-09:05  

K. Ohmori, Institute for Molecular Science, JP

Optically engineered quantum states in ultrafast and ultracold systems

09:05-09:40

O. Dulieu, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, FR

Theory of photoassociation of cold atom-molecule pairs

09:40-10:10Coffee Break
10:10-10:45

P. Corkum, University of Ottawa, CA

Aligning and orienting molecules with intense light pulses

10:45-11:20

C. Koch, University of Kassel, DE

Enhancing photoassociation by non-resonant light control of shape resonances

11:20-11:50

R. González-Férez, Universidad de Granada, ES

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

12:00-15:45

Lunch Break

15:45-16:15

Coffee break

Session VIII
16:15-16:50

E. Hinds, Imperial College of London, UK

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

16:50-17:25

T. Softley, University of Oxford, UK

Cold ion-molecule collisions with decelerators and ion traps

17:25-18:00

S. Willitsch, University of Basel, CH 

Cold reactive collisions in ion-atom hybrid traps

18:00-18:30

S. Chervenkov, Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, DE

A centrifuge decelerator for continuous beams of cold polar molecules

19:00

Dinner

20:30-22:00

Poster session

Friday 23 November

Breakfast and Departure                                                                   

Scientific Advisory Committee

O. Dulieu  (LAC Palaiseau)

P. Grangier ((LCF Palaiseau)

C. Greene (JILA)

R. Grimm (Innsbruck)

J. Hutson ((Durham)

M. Inguscio (LENS Florence)

P.S. Julienne (JQI)

R. Krems (UBC Vancouver)

M. Lewenstein (ICFO Barcelona)

H. Sadeghpour (ITAMP Boston)

G. Shlyapnikov (LPTMS Palaiseau)

M. Weidemüller (Heidelberg)

P. Zoller (Innsbruck)