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On Friday, June 16, 2023, 11:15, Alexander Schuckert will give a talk on the strongly drive-dressed Fermi polaron. Fermi polarons are quasiparticles formed by impurities interacting with an atomic Fermi sea. Quasiparticles, crucial to understanding quantum systems, offer exciting opportunities for scientific and technological advancements through manipulation using external fields. Alexander Schuckert will discuss the challenge of manipulating quasiparticles with external fields and present new methods based on precise and fast radio-frequency control of ultracold atoms. This research holds promise for illuminating the properties of strongly driven matter and highlights the potential of ultracold atoms in such investigations. Don't miss this captivating talk that promises to shed light on cutting-edge research in the field.
The talk will take place at Philosophenweg 12, Room 105.
Click on the image for a larger version.We are delighted to announce that the parent-child offices “KIDS” of STRUCTURES and SFB1225 ISOQUANT will be celebrating their anniversary. We would like to use this special occasion to celebrate together, to open the buildings for all interested parties and to give parents and children the opportunity to get to know each other and to network.
DATE: Wednesday, 14 June 2023 from 16:00 hrs.
LOCATION: Albert-Überle-Str. 3-5, Room 059
There will be coffee, cake and several small games, painting and craft activities for the children. For a better preparation of the event, we kindly ask you to send us your feedback, indicating the persons participating, by June 5, 2023 at the latest by email to ekb@uni-heidelberg.de. Your families and children are very welcome!
Heidelberg University sees itself as a family-friendly university. With the parent-child offices "KIDS", we contribute to making the compatibility of family and career a self-evident aspect of our university culture. The cooperation initiative of the Cluster of Excellence STRUCTURES and the Collaborative Research Centre 1225 ISOQUANT is intended to offer parents the uncomplicated opportunity to take their children "to the office" in the event of unexpected childcare bottlenecks. In this way, the children can be cared for in a family-friendly environment parallel to their own work. More information on the project can be found at:
Click on the image to open the announcement poster as PDFWe are happy to announce the joint MATCH-PIMS-STRUCTURES workshop in Mathematical Physics, held from June 12 to 16, 2023 at the Mathematikon in Heidelberg.
This workshop, organized by the Mathematical Physics group in the Mathematisches Institut at Heidelberg University, in collaboration with the Algebraic Geometry group at University of Alberta, will focus on the B-model (Hodge theory), the geometry and arithmetic of moduli of Calabi-Yau manifolds, degenerations, related aspects of the A-model (enumerative geometry), and questions of fundamental physics (string theory).
More details, registration information and a list of invited speakers can be found on the workshop's web page:
https://web.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/cymod23.
We are happy to announce the public lecture by Prof. Dr. Dr. Katrin Tent (Universität Münster) on Undecidable Problems. The event is organised by the Research Station Geometry + Dynamics Heidelberg in cooperation with the STRUCTURES Cluster of Excellence and the SFB/TRR 191 “Symplectic Structures in Geometry, Algebra and Dynamics”:
Abstract: Können Computer die Nullstellen eines Polynoms finden? Das klingt erst einmal wie eine relativ einfache Aufgabe. Aber kann man ein Programm schreiben, dass bei Eingabe eines Polynoms entscheidet, ob dieses Polynom Nullstellen in den natürlichen oder ganzen Zahlen hat? Und was hat diese Frage mit den berühmten Gödelschen Sätzen zu tun? Diese Fragen klärt der Vortrag und stellt die Zusammenhänge her.
The event takes place on May 24, 2023, 17:00 at Hörsaal Mathematikon (INF 205, 69120 Heidelberg). No registration required! More information can be found on the event's webpage.
In the HEGL community seminar on Monday, May 8, 2:15 pm, Martin Traizet from Université de Tours will talk about the Area of Lawson surfaces in the 3-sphere. The seminar will take place at Mathematikon, Seminarraum C.
Abstract: Lawson has constructed highly symmetric minimal surfaces of arbitrary genus $g$ in the 3-sphere ${\mathbb S}^3$. I will explain how to construct these surfaces by an integrable system method — the DPW method. As a byproduct of the construction, we obtain accurate estimations of their area. In particular, the expansion of the area in term of $1/g$ involves $\zeta(3)$, where $\zeta$ is Riemann zeta function. I will explain the path from minimal surfaces in ${\mathbb S}^3$ to values of $\zeta$ and multi-zetas. Joint work with L. Heller, S. Heller and S. Charlton.
More information can be found on the HEGL community seminar webpage.
On May 11, 2023, starting at 11 am, Heidelberg University's first IMPACT DAY will take place in the Chemistry Lecture Hall Center (INF 252). The focus will be on knowledge and technology transfer. The event is organized by the transfer agency hei_INNOVATION. The IMPACT DAY offers all members of the university, as well as the interested public, a space for the exchange of innovative ideas and aims to encourage new contacts.
More information can be found in the Heidelberg University press release.
In the latest podcast episode of “#exzellenterklaert - Spitzenforschung für alle”, Prof. Dorothee Viemann from the Cluster of Excellence RESIST (Resolving Infection Susceptibility) talks about the subject of "Premature babies - How can we protect them from dangerous infections?". RESIST pursues research for people whose immune system is not strong enough for the defence against pathogens. These are, for example, newborns, seniors, people with a congenital immune deficiency and people whose immune system is attenuated for therapeutic reasons or who have been transplanted with an organ or stem cells.
The German science podcast “Exzellent Erklärt - Spitzenforschung für alle” reflects the research diversity of the Germany’s leading research institutions and Clusters of Excellence: from Africa Studies to Quantum Physics. In each episode, listeners can expect insights into the interdisciplinary work of one research network. The researchers of the clusters of excellence, funded by DFG talk to podcaster Larissa Vassilian about how they want to find scientifically sound answers to relevant topics of our time – for the society of tomorrow. Listen in and follow us!