CERN Colloquium

Quantum life

Name: Quantum life
Start: 2014-06-05T16:30:00+02:00
End: 2014-06-05T17:30:00+02:00
Location: CERN

by Seth Lloyd (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Thursday 5 Jun 2014, 16:30 → 17:30 Europe/Zurich

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

CERN

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Description

Recent experimental investigations of excitonic transport in photosynthesis indicate that quantum coherence can play an important role in enhancing energy transport in photosynthetic complexes. This talk presents a general theory of optimizing energy transport in photosynthesis and in artificial systems. Optimal energy transport takes place at the point where the timescales for dynamic and static disorder converge, a phenomenon called the quantum Goldilocks effect.

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Wolfgang Lerche /PH-TH..............................Tea and coffee will be served at 16h00

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Quantum life

by Seth Lloyd (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

CERN