Time and Matter 2007
from
Sunday, August 26, 2007 (11:00 AM)
to
Friday, August 31, 2007 (6:00 PM)
Monday, August 20, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
5:00 PM
Registration, Grand Hotel Toplice
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Welcome Reception, Grand Hotel Toplice - Reception Hall
Welcome Reception, Grand Hotel Toplice - Reception Hall
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday, August 27, 2007
8:00 AM
Registration, Grand Hotel Toplice
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:15 AM
Welcome
-
Danilo Zavrtanik
(
University of Nova Gorica
)
Welcome
Danilo Zavrtanik
(
University of Nova Gorica
)
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM
Welcome from Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology
-
Jure Zupan
(
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
)
Welcome from Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Jure Zupan
(
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
)
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
9:45 AM
Times Arrow and the Early Universe
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions
9:45 AM
Challenging the Cosmological Constant
-
Nemanja Kaloper
(
University of California, Davis
)
10:30 AM
coffee break
coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Measuring Time
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions
11:00 AM
Stable and Accurate Single-Ion Optical Clocks
-
Jim Bergquist
(
NIST Boulder, USA
)
11:45 AM
Optical Clocks with Trapped Ions
-
Ekkehard Peik
(
PTB Braunschweig, Germany
)
12:30 PM
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Measuring Time
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Contributions
2:30 PM
Cold Atom Clocks and Fundamental Tests
-
Cristophe Salomon
(
Kastler Brossel, Paris, France
)
3:15 PM
coffee break
coffee break
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Causality and Signal Propagation
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Contributions
3:30 PM
The interaction of gravitational radiation with electron-coated superfluid helium drops: A progress report on experiments at UC Merced
-
Raymond Chiao
(
UC Merced, USA
)
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
9:00 AM
Coherence, Decoherence and Entanglement
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions
9:00 AM
The Early History of Quantum Entanglement
-
Don Howard
(
Univ. of Notre Dame, USA
)
9:45 AM
Decoherence Measurements in Fullerene Interferometry
-
Lucia Hackermuller
(
Johannes-Gutenberg University Mayence
)
10:30 AM
coffee break
coffee break
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM
Coherence, Decoherence and Entanglement
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Contributions
10:45 AM
EPR correlations in Y(4S) -> B0 anti-B0 decays
-
Aurelio Bay
(
EPFL, Switzerland
)
11:30 AM
coffee break
coffee break
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM
Quantum Gravity
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions
11:45 AM
Conceptual Problems in Canonical Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
-
Claus Kiefer
(
Univ. Koln, Germany
)
12:30 PM
lunch break
lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Quantum Gravity
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Contributions
2:30 PM
Timeless Records Approach to the Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity
-
Edward Anderson
(
Univ. of Cambridge, UK
)
3:15 PM
cofee break
cofee break
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Quantum Gravity
3:30 PM - 5:15 PM
Contributions
3:30 PM
Investigation of Frame-Dragging-Like Signals Close to Rotating Superconductors
-
Martin Tajmar
(
Austrian Research Centers
)
4:15 PM
Towards a New Paradigm: Relativity in Configuration Space
-
Matej Pavsic
(
Josef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana
)
5:15 PM
break
break
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM
6:30 PM
Banquet - Hotel Ribno. Bus Grande Hotel Toplice - 18:30
Banquet - Hotel Ribno. Bus Grande Hotel Toplice - 18:30
6:30 PM - 12:30 AM
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
9:00 AM
Quantum Gravity
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions
9:00 AM
Gravitational Limitations on space and time measurements and fundamental loss of coherence in General Relativity
-
Jorge Pullin
(
Louisiana State University
)
9:45 AM
Emergent spacetime
-
Matt Visser
10:30 AM
coffee break
coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
CP and T Violation
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Contributions
11:00 AM
CP Violation in B Meson Decays
-
Masanori Yamauchi
(
KEK, Japan
)
11:45 AM
break
break
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Lunch Break and Excursion, Postojna Cave and Castle by Bus. 13:00.
Lunch Break and Excursion, Postojna Cave and Castle by Bus. 13:00.
1:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Thursday, August 30, 2007
9:00 AM
CP and T Violation
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions
9:00 AM
CP and T violation measurements with K mesons
-
Marco Sozzi
(
University of Pisa
)
9:45 AM
CP violation and Flavour Physics experiments in the LHC era
-
Tatsuya Nakada
(
CERN
)
10:30 AM
coffee break
coffee break
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM
CP and T Violation
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Contributions
10:45 AM
Experimental tests of CPT symmetry and quantum mechanics in the neutral kaon system
-
Antonio Di Domenico
(
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
)
11:30 AM
coffee break
coffee break
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM
Times Arrow and the Early Universe
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions
11:45 AM
A Discrete Space and Time before the Big Bang
-
Martin Bojowald
(
Penn. State Univ., USA
)
12:30 PM
lunch break
lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Times Arrow and the Early Universe
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Contributions
2:30 PM
New Matter at the LHC
-
Bobby Acharya
(
Abdus Salam ICTP
)
3:15 PM
coffee break
coffee break
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Times Arrow and the Early Universe
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Contributions
3:30 PM
Expectations and challenges from future CMB science
-
Carlo Baccigalupi
(
SISSA
)
Friday, August 31, 2007
9:00 AM
Times Arrow and the Early Universe
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Contributions
9:00 AM
Physics in 6-Dimensions
-
Seif Randjbar-Daemi
(
Abdus Salam ICTP
)
10:00 AM
Holography and Chronology Protection
-
Martin O'Loughlin
(
University of Nova Gorica
)
10:45 AM
coffee break
coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Time and Matter - The Future
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Contributions
11:00 AM
Time and Matter - The Future
-
Gordana Medin
11:45 AM
Closing
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
lunch
lunch
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM