FIRST CIRCULAR – CMT32

XXXII INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP

ON CONDENSED MATTER THEORIES

Loughborough, United Kingdom 13–18 August 2008

CMT is an annual scientific meeting, which has been hosted by various countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The latest Workshop of the series will be held in the Physics Department at Loughborough University, United Kingdom under the sponsorship of Loughborough University and the European Network AQDJJ.

Programme

The orientation of the Workshops on Condensed Matter Theories has traditionally been highly interdisciplinary, emphasis being placed on the common concerns of theorists applying advanced many-particle methods in such diverse areas as Solid-State, Low-Temperature, Atomic, Nuclear, Particle, Statistical, Astronomical, Cosmological, Chemical and Biological Physics. Adhering to this tradition, while focusing on current (21st century) developments and priorities within condensed-matter theory, the XXXII International Workshop on Condensed Matter Theories (CMT32) will mainly centre on recent advances in

• New materials

• Nano- and meta-materials

• Arrays of Josephson junctions

• Quantum dots

• Correlated low dimensional systems

• Cold atoms and Bose-Einstein condensation

• High temperature superconductors

• Coherence of atomic levels under extreme conditions

• Molecular dynamics

• Phase transitions and collective flow

• Electronic transport and nonlinear quantum effects

• Soft condensed matter and biomedical physics problems

• Classical and quantum chaos

This Workshop will provide a forum at which specialists in the above topics will be informed of the latest developments, recent experiments and newest techniques in these areas and may exchange ideas with researchers from a wide variety of countries.

The interchange of points of view between theorists and experimentalists with distinct scientific interests and applying different modern techniques and equipment is expected to give rise to a highly stimulating atmosphere.

About 50 invited talks of 30 minutes duration will be delivered at the plenary sessions; in addition, some poster sessions are planned. Proceedings will be published in the New Journal Of Physics and selected invited lectures will be published as a new volume of the series Condensed Matter Theories.

Participation. Those interested in attending should register on line before May 15, 2008, indicating a proposed topic or title and short abstract, which will be peer-reviewed. Qualified applicants will be eligible for consideration as participants of CMT32.

Venue.

The Workshop will take place at Loughborough, the market town with a population of approximately 50000. Loughborough is the largest town in the county of Leicestershire in the East Midlands. Attractions in the town itself include a beautiful park, a steam railway and the world’s largest bell foundry. It is in the heart of the English countryside with Charnwood Forest on the doorstep and the Peak District, the second most visited National Park in the world, within reach. The thriving Midlands cities of Leicester, Nottingham and Derby are all nearby and they, together with Loughborough, provide a wide variety of cultural and sporting opportunities through their theatres, concert halls, museums and sports facilities.

Social events: There are three alternatives:

1) A local 3-hour walk through the Outwoods to Beacon Hill, one of the highest points in Leicestershire and the site of a Bronze Age hill fort (3 hours)

2) A 5-hour walk through a rich variety of scenery and points of interest in the Peak District National Park (participants are advised to bring boots)

3) Visiting Chatsworth House, the home of the Dukes of Devonshire, one of the true Treasure Houses of Britain, set in extensive parklands beside the River Derwent

One of those three options will be chosen in depending on the wish of the majority of the participants (please indicate in on-line registration form which of the above options you prefer)

Registration: Registration fee is 500 Euros or £330 sterling before 15 June 2008 and 550 Euros or £363 sterling after. Registration is impossible after 29 July 2008.

Registration Fees: the full fees include accommodation and all meals, attendance at all sessions, refreshments, conference dinner, conference excursion, conference material.

Costs: Additional costs for extra days or accompanying persons: £60 pounds per day. Children below 11: 30% discount; Children below 3: free. For those who do not wish to stay on campus, a list of nearby hotels can be found at

http://accommodation.lboro.ac.uk/hotels-guesthouses.php

For any particular request please contact the organizers

Steering Committee of AQDJJ network-programme and advisory board:

Professor Feodor V. Kusmartsev (Chairman), United Kingdom

Professor Antonio Barone, Italy

Dr. Stefan Benacka, Slovak Republic

Professor Per Delsing, Sweden

Dr. Jan Kolácek, Czech Republic

Professor Piero Martinoli, Switzerland

Professor Victor Moshchalkov, Belgium

Professor Mikko Paalanen, Finland

Dr. Niels Falsig Pedersen, Denmark

Professor Alexey Ustinov, Germany

Prof. Alvar Sánchez, Spain

Professor Harald W. Weber, Austria

Professor Petter Minnhagen, NORDITA, Denmark


Advisory Committee

 

R. Guardiola (Spain);

V. C. Aguilera-Navarro (Brazil);

E. V. Ludeña (Venezuela);

R. F. Bishop (United Kingdom);

F. B. Malik (USA);

L. Blum (Puerto Rico);

J. Navarro (Spain);

C. E. Campbell (USA) ;

P. V. Panat (India);

M. Ciftan (USA);

A. Plastino (Argentina);

J. W. Clark (USA) ; A. N. Proto (Argentina);

J. Dabrowski (Poland);

A. Fantoni (Italy);

J. da Providencia (Portugal);

E. Suraud (France);

M. P. Das (Australia) ;

P. Vashishta (USA);

M. de Llano (Mexico)

C.-W. Paul Chu (China);

D. Ernst (USA)

Organizing Committee

Director of the AQDJJ network and Conference Chairman: Feodor V Kusmartsev, Loughborough University, UK
Email: F.Kusmartsev@lboro.ac.uk

Conference Secretary: Victoria Webster

Department of Physics, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leics LE11 3TU, United Kingdom

Email: V.J.Webster@lboro.ac.uk

Telephone:+44 (0) 1509 22 3301

Fax:+44 (0) 1509 22 3986

Conference Treasurer:   James Hague, Loughborough University, UK

(J.P.Hague@lboro.ac.uk)

Local organizing committee at Loughborough University:

Richard Giles (R.T.Giles@lboro.ac.uk) Webmaster

John Samson (J.H.Samson@lboro.ac.uk)

Binoy Sobnack ( M.B.Sobnack@lboro.ac.uk )

Boris Chesca (B.Chesca@lboro.ac.uk)

Dmitry Gulevich (D.R.Gulevich@lboro.ac.uk)

Sergey Savel’ev (S.Saveliev@lboro.ac.uk)

Alexander Balanov (A.Balanov@lboro.ac.uk)

Programme Committee

Chair:    Feo V Kusmartsev Loughborough University, UK

Many-Body Physics: Mikko Saarela, Finland (Programme Director);

Chuck E. Campbell; USA, Victor Galitskii, USA; Fred Ristig, Germany; Minoru Takahashi, Japan; Sergei Mukhin, Moscow, Russia; Alan Luther, Nordita; Shura Nersesyan, Georgia

Arrays of Quantum Dots and Josephson Junctions: Piero Martinoli, Switzerland and Antonio Barone, Italy (Programme Directors); Paul Warburton, UK; Kazuto Hirata, Japan; Vova Krasnov, Sweden; Hu-Jong Lee, Korea; Kensuke Nakajima, Japan; Huabing Wang, Japan; Peiheng Wu, China; August Yurgens, Sweden; Alexander Koshelev, USA; Lev Ioffe, USA; G. Blatter, Switzerland; Chris Eilbek, Edinburgh University,UK; Maurice Skolnick, University of Sheffield, UK

Quantum Gases, Fluids and Solids: 

Paivi Torma, University of Helsinki, Finland (Programme Director);

Sebastién Balibar, Ecole Normale Supérieur, Paris, France;

Immanuel Bloch, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany;

Allan Griffin, University of Toronto, Canada; Ferruccio Renzoni, UCL, UK; Takao Mizusaki, Kyoto University, Japan

Superconductivity and Novel Materials:   

James Annett, Bristol University (Programme Director);

A S Alexandrov, Loughborough University, UK;

Dirk van der Marel, University of Geneva, Switzerland;

Laura Greene, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA;

Maxim Kagan, Kapitza Institute of Physical Problems, Moscow, Russia;

Manfred Sigrist, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland;

Setsuko Tajima, Osaka University, Japan;

Daniel Khomskii, Loughborough University, UK

Quantum Phase Transitions and Magnetism:            

Jan  Zaanen, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands (Programme Director);

Meigan Aronson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA;

Andrew P. McKenzie, St. Andrews University, UK;

Achim Rosch, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany;

Subir Sachdev, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA;

Hidenori Takagi, University of Tokyo, Japan

Electronic and Spin Quantum Transport in Condensed Matter: 

Mark Fromhold, Nottingham University, UK (Programme Director)

Per Delsing, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden;

Laurence Eaves, University of Nottingham, UK ;

Milena Griffoni, Universität Regensburg, Germany;

Atac Imamoglu, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland;

David Campbell, Boston University, USA;

Seigo Tarucha, University of Tokyo, Japan

Scientific Board