Summer 2007 Program
May 28 – June 10 Cytoskeletal Assembly Jay Tang [email protected] Leah Edelstein-Keshet – diversity – [email protected] A. Carlsson, L. Edelstein-Keshet*, J. Tang, Y-L. Wang
May 28 – June 10 Neutrino Physics Danny Marfatia [email protected] V. Barger, G. Gelmini, D. Marfatia*, J. Valle
June 4 – 17 Gamma –Ray Bursts Don Lamb [email protected] N. Gehrels, D. Lamb*, L. Piro
June 11 - July 1 Notions of Locomotion Tom Powers [email protected] A. Hosoi, G. Huber, T. Powers*, M. Shelley
June 11 - July 1 Galaxy Clustering Joanne Cohn [email protected] A. Berlind, J. Cohn*, M.White, I. Zehavi
June 18 – July 1 Supernovae as Cosmological Distance Indicators Josh Frieman [email protected] W. Freedman, J. Frieman*, A. Khoklov
July 2 – 22 Topological Phases James Eisenstein [email protected] Michael Freedman [email protected] Kirill Shtengel [email protected] Steve Simon [email protected]
July 2 – 29 String Theory and Quantum Geometry Dan Freed [email protected] Hirosi Ooguri Robbert Dijkgraaf, Tony Pantev
July 23 – August 12 Jamming Eric R. Weeks [email protected] Organizers: A. Liu, N. Menon*, E. Weeks
July 30 – Sept. 2 Superconductivity Andrey Chubakov [email protected] Organizers: A. Chubukov*, P. Coleman, P. Lee, D. Morr
August 13 – Sept. 2 Infectious Diseases Charles DeLisi [email protected] Organizers: D. Burke, C. DeLisi*, S. Levin, A. Levine
August 13 – Sept. 2 Between the LHC and B Factories Gilad Perez [email protected] Organizers: Y. Grossman*, Z. Ligeti, G. Perez, M. Schmaltz
Summer 2006 Workshop Schedule
The Supersolid State of Matter May 29 - June 11 D. Ceperley & M. Chan
Cosmic Voids May 29 – June 18 F. Hoyle, PJE Peeples, R. Sheth, R. van de Weygaert & M. Vogeley
Galaxy Evolution fromLarge Surveys May 20 – June 18 M. Giavalisco, N, Scoville, C. Papovich & D. Calzetti
Deconstructing the Local Group: June 12 – July 2 Galaxy Formation in our own Backyard J. Bullock, A. Ferguson, K. Johnston, A. Kravtsov, M. Putman & K. Venn
Magnetic Self-Organization in Laboratory June 19 – July 2 & Astrophysical Plasmas F. Cattaneo & S. Cowley
Physical and Mathematical Aspects of Packing June 19 – July 9 M. Bowick, H. Cohn, C. Radin & S. Torquato
Interactions, Coherence and Control in Mesoscopic Systems July 3 – July 30 M. Devoret, S. Girvin, L. Glazman & C. Marcus
String Theory, Gauge Theory and Particle Physics July 10 – Aug. 6 D. Berenstein, M. Cvetic, W. Taylor IV & H. Verlinde
Physics Inspired by Biology July 31 – Aug. 20 A. Grosberg, P. Pincus & Y. Rabin
Particle Theory in Anticipation of the LHC July 31 – Sept. 3 J. Erlich, G. Kribs, T. Tait & C. Wagner
Extreme Mechanics: Current Issues in Continuum Aug. 21 – Sept. 10 And Fluid Mechanics T. Halsey & F. Mackintosh
Recent Advances in Black Hole Physics in String Theory Aug. 21 – Sept. 10 V. Balasubraman, R. Emparan, P. Kraus, S. Mathur & N. Warner
2005 Aspen Center for Physics Summer Workshops
1. Physics of the S-Process (F. Herwig, R. Reifarth, J. Truran and M. Wiescher) contact: Jim Truran ([email protected]) dates of workshop: May 29--June 12
2. LISA Data: Analysis, Sources and Science (M. Benacquista, S. Finn, A. Vecchio and V. Kalogera) contact: Matthew Benacquista ([email protected]) dates of workshop: May 29--June 19
3. Ultracold Trapped Atomic Gases (G. Baym, R. Hulet, E. Mueller and F. Zhou) contact: Erich Mueller ([email protected]) dates of workshop: May 29--June 19
4. Novel Approaches to Climate (D. Cox, J. Harte, G. Falkovich and B. Marston) contact: Brad Marston ([email protected]) dates of workshop: June 12--July 3
5. New Approaches to Electroweak Symmetry Breaking (C. Csaki, K. Matchev and J. Terning) contact: John Terning ([email protected]) dates of workshop: June 19--July 10
6. Dynamics, Structure and Correlation in Glasses (C. Chamon, P. Goldbart, D. Reichman and J. Schmalian) contact: Claudio Chamon ([email protected]) dates of workshop: June 19--July 17
7. Revealing Black Holes (organizers: W. Kluzniak, M. Mendez, M. Nowak and L. Titarchuk) contact: Mike Nowak ([email protected]) dates of workshop: July 10--July 31
8. Gauge Theories and Fractionalization in Correlated Quantum Matter (organizers: M. Franz, A. Vishwanath, D.A. Bonn, O. Tchernyshyov, M. Randeria and X.-G. Wen) contact: Ashvin Vishwanath ([email protected]) dates of workshop: July 17--August 14
9. Supercosmology (K. Becker, P. Gondolo, A. Mazumdar and D. Tong) contact: Katrin Becker ([email protected]) dates of workshop: July 31--August 21
10. Collider Physics: from the Tevatron to the LHC to the Linear Collider (T. Han, S. Mrenna and J. Hewett) contact: Stephen Mrenna ([email protected]) dates of workshop: August 14--September 11
11. Ultrahigh-Energy Cosmic Rays (K. Arisaka, G. Gelmini, A. Kusenko and A. Olinto) contact: Alexander Kusenko ([email protected]) dates of workshop: August 21--September 11
12. Spatial effects in signal transduction (W.-J. Rappel and Y. Tu) contact: Wouter-Jan Rappel ([email protected]) dates of workshop: August 21--September 11
2004 Summer Program May 31-June 27 Coherence and Coordination in the Brain: Perspectives From Olfaction And Birdsong Organizers Michael Fee [email protected] Henry Greenside [email protected] 919-660-2548 Lawrence Katz [email protected] 919-681-6225 Principal Contact: Lawrence Katz Diversity Coordinator: Henry Greenside ACP contact: Chuck Stevens [email protected]
May 31-June 27 Geometry and Materials Physics: Making the Connection Organizers Veit Elser [email protected] 607-255-2340 607-255-6428 Randall Kamien [email protected] 215-898-5940 215-898-2010 Meigan Kerr [email protected] 781-283-3144 781-283-3642 Thomas Powers [email protected] 401-863-2868 401-863-9009 Principal contact: Thomas Powers Diversity Coordinator: Thomas Powers ACP contact: Andy Millis [email protected]
June 6-June 27 The Formation of Supermassive Black Holes Organizers Andrew Hamilton [email protected] 303-492-7833 Tom Abel [email protected] 814-863-9551 Mitch Begelman [email protected] 303-492-7856 Andrea Ghez [email protected] 310-206-0420 Martin Haehnelt [email protected] 011-44-1223-766671 Principal contact: Andrew Hamilton Diversity: Andrea Ghez ACP contact: Mike Turner [email protected]
June 28-July 18 Lepton number violation: Neutrinos, Leptogenesis, Grand Unified Theories and Beyond Organizers M Concha Gonzalez-Garcia [email protected] 631-632-7971 Yuval Grossman [email protected] 650-926-2477 Hitoshi Murayama [email protected] 510-486-5589 Principal Contact: Yuval Grossma Diversity Coordinator: Concha Gonzalez-Garcia ACP contact: Howard Haber [email protected]
June 28-July 18 Star Formation in Galaxies Organizers Andreas Burkert [email protected] +49 6221 528 226 Timothy Heckman [email protected] 410-516-7369 G. Kauffmann [email protected] +49-89-30000-201 Rosemary Wyse [email protected] 410.516.5392 Principal Contact: Diversity Coordinator: ACP contact: Mike Turner [email protected]
June 28-July 11 Physics Education and Outreach Organizers Michael Barnett [email protected] (510) 486-5650 Marjorie Bardeen [email protected] (630) 840-2031 Randall Landsberg [email protected] (773) 702-7783 Randy Ruchti [email protected] (574) 631-7143 Elizabeth Simmons [email protected] Contact person: Elizabeth Simmons Diversity Coordinator: Marjorie Bardeen ACP contact Elizabeth Simmons [email protected]
July 19-Aug 15 Strings, Branes and Superpotentials Organizers Robbert Dijkgraaf [email protected] +31-20-525-5745 Daniel Freed [email protected] 512-471-7136 Gregory Moore [email protected] 732 445 4375 Hirosi Ooguri [email protected] 626 395-6648 Tony Pantev [email protected] 215 898 5970 Contact Person: Dan Freed Diversity Coordinator: Hirosi Ooguri ACP contact: Joe Polchinski [email protected]
July 19-Aug 8 Coherence and Dissipation in Quantum Systems Organizers S. Chakravarty [email protected] 310 825 4974 310 825 5734 S. Habib [email protected] A. Kapitulnik [email protected] M. Troyer [email protected] Principal Contact: S. Chakravarty Diversity Coordinator: S. Chakravarty ACP contact: Jim Sauls [email protected]
Aug 9-Sept 12 Pseudogaps in Strongly Correlated Metals Organizers Catherine Kallin [email protected] 905-525-9140 x23176 fax: 546-1252 Mike Norman [email protected] 630-252-3518 630-252-7777 Louis Taillefer [email protected] 819 821-8000 x2051 819 821-8046 Erica Carlsson [email protected] 765.494.3041 fax: -0706 Principal Contact: Mike Norman Diversity Coordinator: Catherine Kallin ACP contact: Jim Sauls [email protected]
Aug 15-Sept 12 Strings and the Real World Organizers Pierre Binetruy [email protected] (+33) 1 69 15 62 96 Gordon Kane* [email protected] 734-764-4451 Fernando Quevedo [email protected] (+44) 1223 330852 Stuart Raby [email protected] 614-292-3910 *Principal contact and diversity coordinator ACP contact: Howard Haber [email protected]
Aug 15-Sept 12 Cosmic Acceleration: Dark Energy or New Gravitational Physics Organizers Wendy Freeman [email protected] 626 577 0204 626 795 8136 Josh Frieman [email protected] 630 840 2226 630 840 8231 Nemanja Kaloper [email protected] 530 752 5779 530 752 4717 Scott Thomas [email protected] 650 725-2366 650 725 9389 Contact Person: Scott Thomas Diversity Coordinator: Nemanja Kaloper ACP contact: Mike Turner [email protected]
2003 Summer Program
The Nuclear Physics Of Core Collapse Supernovae May 26 - June 8 A. Burrows, H. Schatz, J. Truran, M. Wiescher [email protected], [email protected]
Complex Networks In Biology: From Molecules To Neurons May 26 - June 8 Sergei Maslov, [email protected], Dmitri 'Mitya' Chklovskii, [email protected]
Cosmology And Astrophysics With Galaxy Clusters May 26 - June 15 J. Cohn (contact), E. Ellingson*, G. Evrard, J. Mohr [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Magnetic Reconnection June 9 - June 22 R. Rosner (contact), A. Bhattacharjee*, B. Chandran, S. Colgate, R. Fitzpatrick [email protected], [email protected], benjamin- [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
The Microwave Background After MAP June 9 - June 29 A. Kosowsky*, W. Hu [email protected], [email protected]
Exploring The Interface Between Cold Atom And Condensed Matter Physics: From Strong Correlation To Entanglement June 16 - July 6 J. Ho (contact), M. Lukin*, S. Fetter, M. Kasevich, C. Pethick, P. Zoller [email protected], [email protected]
Theory And Phenomenology Of Physics At The Tev Scale June 23 - July 20 W. Skiba (contact), D. E. Kaplan*, R. Rattazzi, M. Schmaltz [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Competing Orders And Quantum Criticality In Correlated Electrons, Bosons, And Spin Systems July 7 - August 10 Y. B. Kim (contact), C. Nayak*, A. Chubukov [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
The Flavor Puzzle: Data Confronts Theory July 21 - August 10 B. Bauer (contact), A. El-Khadra*, A. Falk*, Y. Nir [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Interactions And Disorder In Metals And Insulators In August 11- August 31 Two Dimensions C. Varma (contact), D. Popovic*, D. Tsui, C. Chamon [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] [email protected]
Time And String Theory August 11 - Sept. 7 V. Balasubramanian*, J. de Boer, E. Keski-Vakkuri, D. Minic, S. Ross [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Signaling, Gene Expression, And Cell Fate August 18 - Sept. 7 A. Sengupta (contact), S. Ramanathan*, J. Broach , A. Ruckenstein, A. Schier [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],