Analogue models of gravity and fluctuation-induced phenomena (Higgs Centre Workshop)
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Monday, 27 June 2022 (09:00)
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Wednesday, 29 June 2022 (17:00)
Monday, 27 June 2022
09:00
Welcome
Welcome
09:00 - 09:30
09:30
William Unruh - University of British Columbia; Vancouver, Canada. Detection of acceleration temperature in BEC
William Unruh - University of British Columbia; Vancouver, Canada. Detection of acceleration temperature in BEC
09:30 - 10:15
10:15
Martin Bojowald - Pennsylvania State University; University Park, United States. A moment approach to non-adiabatic quantum dynamics
Martin Bojowald - Pennsylvania State University; University Park, United States. A moment approach to non-adiabatic quantum dynamics
10:15 - 11:00
11:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Julien Grain - Paris-Saclay University - CNRS; Orsay, France. Stochastic inflation: modeling the back reaction of quantum fluctuations in cosmology
Julien Grain - Paris-Saclay University - CNRS; Orsay, France. Stochastic inflation: modeling the back reaction of quantum fluctuations in cosmology
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
Ivan Agullo - Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, United States. Quantum aspects of stimulated Hawking radiation on an analog white-black Hole pair
Ivan Agullo - Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, United States. Quantum aspects of stimulated Hawking radiation on an analog white-black Hole pair
12:00 - 12:30
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
Bei-Lok Hu - University of Maryland; College Park, United States. Quantum Fluctuations in Gravity: Gravitational Cat State, Graviton Noise and Stochastic Gravity
Bei-Lok Hu - University of Maryland; College Park, United States. Quantum Fluctuations in Gravity: Gravitational Cat State, Graviton Noise and Stochastic Gravity
14:00 - 14:45
14:45
Luca Giacomelli - University of Paris; Paris, France. Toy-model black holes in BECs: quantum superradiance and more 15:15
Luca Giacomelli - University of Paris; Paris, France. Toy-model black holes in BECs: quantum superradiance and more 15:15
14:45 - 15:15
15:15
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:15 - 15:45
15:45
Larry Ford (Remote talk) - Tuft University; Medford, United States. Analog Models for Quantum Stress Tensor Fluctuations
Larry Ford (Remote talk) - Tuft University; Medford, United States. Analog Models for Quantum Stress Tensor Fluctuations
15:45 - 16:30
16:30
Maxime Jacquet - Laboratoire Kastler Brossel - Sorbonne University; Paris, France. Vacuum quantum excitation of the quasi-normal modes of an analogue black hole in a polariton fluid
Maxime Jacquet - Laboratoire Kastler Brossel - Sorbonne University; Paris, France. Vacuum quantum excitation of the quasi-normal modes of an analogue black hole in a polariton fluid
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
Poster Session
Poster Session
17:00 - 17:20
Hugo Candan, University of Edinburgh - Detecting quantum noise in primordial gravitational waves Riccardo Falcone, Sapienza Roma - Observing single-particles beyond the Rindler horizon Kevin Falque, Kastler Brossel Laboratory - Experimental investigation of quasi-normal modes and Hawking effect in a polariton fluid Moatasem Hassan, University of Edinburgh - Entangelment Entropy in the Early Universe Haruna Katayama, Hiroshima University - A soliton black hole using SNAILs Bettina Beverungen, Humboldt University of Berlin - Fluctuation-induced interactions in non-trivial geometries
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
09:00
Jeff Steinhauer - Technion; Haifa, Israel. Hawking radiation in the presence of two analogue horizons
Jeff Steinhauer - Technion; Haifa, Israel. Hawking radiation in the presence of two analogue horizons
09:00 - 09:45
09:45
Ian Moss - Newcastle University; Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. The hot big bang in a cold gas
Ian Moss - Newcastle University; Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. The hot big bang in a cold gas
09:45 - 10:30
10:30
Elisabeth Giacobino - Laboratoire Kastler Brossel - Sorbonne University; Paris, France. Analog gravity and Hawking effect in a quantum fluid of light
Elisabeth Giacobino - Laboratoire Kastler Brossel - Sorbonne University; Paris, France. Analog gravity and Hawking effect in a quantum fluid of light
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Fabio Biancalana - Heriot-Watt University; Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Nonlinear Optics and the Holographic Principle
Fabio Biancalana - Heriot-Watt University; Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Nonlinear Optics and the Holographic Principle
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
Gregory Kaplanek - Imperial College London; London, United Kingdom. Decoherence in de Sitter space
Gregory Kaplanek - Imperial College London; London, United Kingdom. Decoherence in de Sitter space
12:00 - 12:30
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
Gabriele Ferrari - University of Trento; Trento, Italy. Observation of Massless and Massive Collective Excitations in a Two-Component Superfluid
Gabriele Ferrari - University of Trento; Trento, Italy. Observation of Massless and Massive Collective Excitations in a Two-Component Superfluid
14:00 - 14:45
14:45
David Bermudez - Cinvestav; Mexico City, Mexico. Effective Michelson interference observed in fiber-optical analogue of Hawking radiation
David Bermudez - Cinvestav; Mexico City, Mexico. Effective Michelson interference observed in fiber-optical analogue of Hawking radiation
14:45 - 15:15
15:15
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:15 - 15:45
15:45
Daniele Faccio - University of Glasgow; Glasgow, United Kingdom. Fundamental phenomena in a rotating world
Daniele Faccio - University of Glasgow; Glasgow, United Kingdom. Fundamental phenomena in a rotating world
15:45 - 16:30
16:30
Cisco Gooding - University of Nottingham; Nottingham, United Kingdom. Detecting the Unruh Effect in an Analogue
Cisco Gooding - University of Nottingham; Nottingham, United Kingdom. Detecting the Unruh Effect in an Analogue
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
Friedrich König - University of St. Andrews; St. Andrews, United Kingdom. Optical Soliton Analogue of Black Hole Quasinormal Mode Oscillations
Friedrich König - University of St. Andrews; St. Andrews, United Kingdom. Optical Soliton Analogue of Black Hole Quasinormal Mode Oscillations
17:00 - 17:30
19:30
Social dinner (Amber restaurant, 354 Castlehill)
Social dinner (Amber restaurant, 354 Castlehill)
19:30 - 21:30
Wednesday, 29 June 2022
09:00
Miles Blencowe - Dartmouth College; Hanover, United States. Analogue gravity with optomechanical circuit systems
Miles Blencowe - Dartmouth College; Hanover, United States. Analogue gravity with optomechanical circuit systems
09:00 - 09:45
09:45
Silke Weinfurtner - University of Nottingham; Nottingham, United Kingdom. Preheating experiments
Silke Weinfurtner - University of Nottingham; Nottingham, United Kingdom. Preheating experiments
09:45 - 10:30
10:30
Francesco Intravaia - Humboldt University of Berlin; Berlin, Germany. On the physics of Quantum Friction
Francesco Intravaia - Humboldt University of Berlin; Berlin, Germany. On the physics of Quantum Friction
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Jibril Ben Achour - Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics; Munich, Germany. From gravity to fluid mechanics via dynamical symmetries
Jibril Ben Achour - Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics; Munich, Germany. From gravity to fluid mechanics via dynamical symmetries
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
Thomas Colas - Paris-Saclay University; Paris, France. Cosmological Master Equations
Thomas Colas - Paris-Saclay University; Paris, France. Cosmological Master Equations
12:00 - 12:30
12:30
Final discussions & Conclusions - Chairs: Iacopo Carusotto, S. Giulio Butera, Suddho Brahma
Final discussions & Conclusions - Chairs: Iacopo Carusotto, S. Giulio Butera, Suddho Brahma
12:30 - 13:00
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00