Quantum Simulators of Fundamental Physics
from
Monday, June 5, 2023 (8:30 a.m.)
to
Friday, June 9, 2023 (5:00 p.m.)
Monday, June 5, 2023
8:30 a.m.
Registration & Light Breakfast
Registration & Light Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Room: Main Entrance
9:15 a.m.
Quantum Simulators of Fundamental Physics overview
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Silke Weinfurtner
(
University of Nottingham
)
Quantum Simulators of Fundamental Physics overview
Silke Weinfurtner
(
University of Nottingham
)
9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
ZOOM: https://pitp.zoom.us/j/95722860808?pwd=REYwSDdiK3pFamRJcjJwOW5FV1RPZz09
10:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Room: PI/1-124 - Lower Bistro
10:30 a.m.
Simulating one-dimensional quantum chromodynamics on a quantum computer: Real-time evolutions of tetra- and pentaquarks
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Christine Muschik
(
University of Waterloo
)
Simulating one-dimensional quantum chromodynamics on a quantum computer: Real-time evolutions of tetra- and pentaquarks
Christine Muschik
(
University of Waterloo
)
10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
ZOOM: https://pitp.zoom.us/j/95722860808?pwd=REYwSDdiK3pFamRJcjJwOW5FV1RPZz09
11:15 a.m.
From the tabletop to the Big Bang: Analogue false vacuum decay from vacuum initial conditions
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Alex Jenkins
(
University College London (UCL)
)
From the tabletop to the Big Bang: Analogue false vacuum decay from vacuum initial conditions
Alex Jenkins
(
University College London (UCL)
)
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
ZOOM: https://pitp.zoom.us/j/95722860808?pwd=REYwSDdiK3pFamRJcjJwOW5FV1RPZz09
12:00 p.m.
Lunch and Collaboration
Lunch and Collaboration
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Room: PI/2-251 - Upper Bistro
2:00 p.m.
Five short talks - see description for talk titles
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Pietro Smaniotto
(
University of Nottingham
)
Barbara Soda
(
Perimeter Institute
)
Dalila Pirvu
(
Perimeter Institute
)
Leonardo Solidoro
(
University of Nottingham
)
Kate Brown
(
Newcastle University
)
Five short talks - see description for talk titles
Pietro Smaniotto
(
University of Nottingham
)
Barbara Soda
(
Perimeter Institute
)
Dalila Pirvu
(
Perimeter Institute
)
Leonardo Solidoro
(
University of Nottingham
)
Kate Brown
(
Newcastle University
)
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
Bubble nucleation in a cold spin 1 gas (Kate Brown); Bubbles live fast and stick together (Dalila Pirvu); Superfluid helium vortex flow: Experimental realization (Pietro Smaniotto); Superfluid helium vortex flow: Surface reconstruction (Leonardo Solidoro); Acceleration-induced effects in stimulated light-matter interactions (Barbara Soda) ZOOM:https://pitp.zoom.us/j/95722860808?pwd=REYwSDdiK3pFamRJcjJwOW5FV1RPZz09
3:00 p.m.
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Room: PI/1-124 - Lower Bistro
3:30 p.m.
First observations of false vacuum decay in a BEC
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Ian Moss
(
Newcastle University
)
First observations of false vacuum decay in a BEC
Ian Moss
(
Newcastle University
)
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
https://pitp.zoom.us/j/95722860808?pwd=REYwSDdiK3pFamRJcjJwOW5FV1RPZz09
4:15 p.m.
Building Quantum Simulators for QuFTs
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Jorg Schmiedmayer
(
Technical University of Vienna
)
Building Quantum Simulators for QuFTs
Jorg Schmiedmayer
(
Technical University of Vienna
)
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
ZOOM: https://pitp.zoom.us/j/95722860808?pwd=REYwSDdiK3pFamRJcjJwOW5FV1RPZz09
6:00 p.m.
KW Escape room & pizza night - Sign up here: https://forms.gle/RBTMPU3DExGu1SD26
KW Escape room & pizza night - Sign up here: https://forms.gle/RBTMPU3DExGu1SD26
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
8:30 a.m.
Light breakfast available
Light breakfast available
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Room: PI/1-124 - Lower Bistro
9:00 a.m.
Stability of quantised vortices in two-component condensates
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Sam Patrick
(
Kings College London
)
Stability of quantised vortices in two-component condensates
Sam Patrick
(
Kings College London
)
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
9:45 a.m.
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Room: PI/1-124 - Lower Bistro
10:30 a.m.
Language models for simulating the dynamics of quantum systems
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Juan Carrasquilla
(
Vector Institute
)
Language models for simulating the dynamics of quantum systems
Juan Carrasquilla
(
Vector Institute
)
10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
11:15 a.m.
Traversable wormhole dynamics on a quantum processor
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Maria Spiropulu
(
California Institute of Technology
)
Traversable wormhole dynamics on a quantum processor
Maria Spiropulu
(
California Institute of Technology
)
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
I will discuss our work ("Traversable wormhole dynamics on a quantum processor", Nature) on interrogating a two-dimensional gravity dual quantum system on-chip, and implications on future exploration of this type. I will also address comments/objections raised recently in the literature (https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.15423)
12:00 p.m.
Lunch and Collaboration
Lunch and Collaboration
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Room: PI/2-251 - Upper Bistro
2:00 p.m.
Fireslides
Fireslides
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
3:00 p.m.
Coffee Break and Pre-Panel Brainstorming
Coffee Break and Pre-Panel Brainstorming
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Room: PI/1-124 - Lower Bistro
4:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Open Questions in Early Universe
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Matthew Johnson
(
Perimeter Institute & York University
)
Hiranya Peiris
(
University College, London
)
Jonathan Braden
(
CITA
)
Katherine Mack
(
Perimeter Institute
)
Latham Boyle
(
Perimeter Institute / University of Waterloo
)
Panel Discussion: Open Questions in Early Universe
Matthew Johnson
(
Perimeter Institute & York University
)
Hiranya Peiris
(
University College, London
)
Jonathan Braden
(
CITA
)
Katherine Mack
(
Perimeter Institute
)
Latham Boyle
(
Perimeter Institute / University of Waterloo
)
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
8:30 a.m.
LIght breakfast available
LIght breakfast available
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Room: PI/1-124 - Lower Bistro
9:00 a.m.
Mechanical rotation as a source for waves amplification and quantum entanglement
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Maria Braidotti
(
University of Glasgow
)
Mechanical rotation as a source for waves amplification and quantum entanglement
Maria Braidotti
(
University of Glasgow
)
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
9:45 a.m.
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Room: PI/1-124 - Lower Bistro
10:30 a.m.
Probing the Vacuum with Continuous Unruh Detectors
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Cisco Gooding
(
University of Nottingham
)
Probing the Vacuum with Continuous Unruh Detectors
Cisco Gooding
(
University of Nottingham
)
10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
11:15 a.m.
Typicality and quantum thermalisation of interacting spinless fermions
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Gregoire Ithier
(
Royal Holloway
)
Typicality and quantum thermalisation of interacting spinless fermions
Gregoire Ithier
(
Royal Holloway
)
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
12:00 p.m.
Lunch and Collaboration
Lunch and Collaboration
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Room: PI/2-251 - Upper Bistro
2:00 p.m.
Five short talks - see description for talk titles
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Fumika Suzuki
(
Los Alamos National Lab
)
Konstantinos Konstantinou
(
University of Cambridge
)
Liam Farrell
(
McMaster University
)
Shiqian Hu
(
King's College, London
)
Five short talks - see description for talk titles
Fumika Suzuki
(
Los Alamos National Lab
)
Konstantinos Konstantinou
(
University of Cambridge
)
Liam Farrell
(
McMaster University
)
Shiqian Hu
(
King's College, London
)
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
Towards an ultracold atom quantum simulator of the false vacuum decay (Konstantinos Konstantinou); Regge pole description of scattering by dirty black holes (Shiqian Hu); Quantum catastrophes and Hawking corrections (Liam Farrell); Numerical simulation of Kibble-Zurek mechanism with Landau-Ginzburg dynamics (Fumika Suzuki)
3:00 p.m.
Coffee Break and Pre-Panel Brainstorming
Coffee Break and Pre-Panel Brainstorming
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Room: PI/1-124 - Lower Bistro
4:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Open questions in Black Holes
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Ruth Gregory
(
King's College London
)
Ian Moss
(
Newcastle University
)
Sabrina Pasterski
(
Perimeter Institute
)
Rob Myers
(
Perimeter Institute
)
William Unruh
(
University of British Columbia
)
Panel Discussion: Open questions in Black Holes
Ruth Gregory
(
King's College London
)
Ian Moss
(
Newcastle University
)
Sabrina Pasterski
(
Perimeter Institute
)
Rob Myers
(
Perimeter Institute
)
William Unruh
(
University of British Columbia
)
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
6:00 p.m.
Banquet
Banquet
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Room: PI/2-251 - Upper Bistro
Thursday, June 8, 2023
8:30 a.m.
Light breakfast available
Light breakfast available
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Room: PI/1-124 - Lower Bistro
9:00 a.m.
Analogue quasinormal mode oscillations of optical solitons
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Friedrich Koenig
(
University of St Andrews
)
Analogue quasinormal mode oscillations of optical solitons
Friedrich Koenig
(
University of St Andrews
)
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
9:45 a.m.
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Room: PI/1-124 - Lower Bistro
10:30 a.m.
How Quantum Field Simulators can address Quark Gluon Plasma and Cosmoloy inspired Questions
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Markus Oberthaler
(
Heidelberg University
)
How Quantum Field Simulators can address Quark Gluon Plasma and Cosmoloy inspired Questions
Markus Oberthaler
(
Heidelberg University
)
10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
11:15 a.m.
Measurement of Penrose superradiance in a photon superfluid using off-axis digital holography
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Radivoje Prizia
(
University of Nottingham
)
Measurement of Penrose superradiance in a photon superfluid using off-axis digital holography
Radivoje Prizia
(
University of Nottingham
)
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
12:00 p.m.
Lunch and Collaboration
Lunch and Collaboration
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Room: PI/2-251 - Upper Bistro
2:00 p.m.
Analogue gravity with superfluid optomechanics
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Xavier Rojas
(
University of London
)
Analogue gravity with superfluid optomechanics
Xavier Rojas
(
University of London
)
2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
2:45 p.m.
Modelling bubble nucleation in finite temperature Bose gases
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Thomas Billam
(
Newcastle University
)
Modelling bubble nucleation in finite temperature Bose gases
Thomas Billam
(
Newcastle University
)
2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
3:30 p.m.
Coffee break
Coffee break
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Room: PI/1-124 - Lower Bistro
4:00 p.m.
QSimFP Outreach Activities
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Silke Weinfurtner
(
University of Nottingham
)
QSimFP Outreach Activities
Silke Weinfurtner
(
University of Nottingham
)
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
Friday, June 9, 2023
8:30 a.m.
Light breakfast available
Light breakfast available
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Room: PI/1-124 - Lower Bistro
9:00 a.m.
Dynamically assisted tunneling
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Ralf Schuetzhold
(
Helmholtz-Zentrum
)
Dynamically assisted tunneling
Ralf Schuetzhold
(
Helmholtz-Zentrum
)
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
9:45 a.m.
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Room: PI/1-124 - Lower Bistro
10:30 a.m.
Quantum black hole simulator
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Patrik Svancara
(
University of Nottingham
)
Quantum black hole simulator
Patrik Svancara
(
University of Nottingham
)
10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
11:15 a.m.
Theory Modelling for the Analogue Unruh Effect
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Cameron Bunney
(
University of Nottingham
)
Theory Modelling for the Analogue Unruh Effect
Cameron Bunney
(
University of Nottingham
)
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Room: PI/1-100 - Theatre
12:00 p.m.
Lunch and Collaboration
Lunch and Collaboration
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Room: PI/2-251 - Upper Bistro