Program Schedule
Updated as of 5 Jul 2016
Venue: IAS Lecture Theater, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
Format of Talk:
- Invited Talk: 25 minutes with 10 minutes
of Q&A session
- Contributed Talk: 20 minutes with 5 minutes of Q&A session
Poster Session:
Notes for Poster
Presenter
25 Apr | 26 Apr | 27 Apr | 28 Apr
Presentation videos: (New)
Presentation videos of the program are uploaded here.
25 Apr (Mon)
|
Time |
Event |
| 08:30-08:55 |
Registration |
| 08:55-09:05 |
Welcoming Remarks |
Morning Session:
Chair: Stefan Buhmann (Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg) |
|
09:05-09:40 |
"Casimir Force Measurements at Yale"
[Abstract]
Steve Lamoreaux (Yale University) |
|
09:40-10:15 |
"Three-body Retarded Dispersion Potentials Involving Electric
Octupole Coupling"
[Abstract]
Akbar Salam (Wake Forest University) |
|
10:15-10:35 |
Coffee Break (Venue: IAS Lobby) |
|
10:35-11:10 |
"Subcycle Quantum Optics: Electric Field Vacuum Fluctuations and Time-Domain Tomography"
Denis Seletskiy (University of Konstanz) |
|
11:10-11:45 |
"Casimir Forces and Heat Transfer between Heterostructures" and "Influence of External Magnetic Fields"
[Abstract]
Raul Esquivel-Sirvent (National Autonomous University of Mexico) |
|
11:45-12:20 |
"Casimir Forces and Torques: Recent Experimental Progress and the Effect of Patch Potentials"
[Abstract]
Jeremy Munday (University of Maryland) |
| 12:20-13:30 |
Lunch (For registered participants only; Venue: G/F China Garden Restaurant) |
|
13:30-14:40 |
Free Discussion |
Afternoon Session:
Chair: Karin Jacobs (Saarland University and INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials) |
|
14:40-15:15 |
"Secondary Casimir Effect in Fluctuation Hydrodynamics"
[Abstract]
Rudolf Podgornik (Jožef Stefan Institute) |
|
15:15-15:40 |
"Statistical Aspects of Quantum Friction"
[Abstract]
Francesco Intravaia (Max Born Institute) |
|
15:40-16:05 |
"Progress on the Power-Wall Model"
[Abstract]
Stephen Fulling (Texas A&M University) |
| 16:05-16:25 |
Coffee Break (Venue: IAS Lobby) |
|
16:25-17:00 |
"Directional Spontaneous Emission and Lateral Casimir-Polder Force on an Atom Close to a Nanofiber"
[Abstract]
Stefan Scheel (University of Rostock) |
|
17:00-17:35 |
"Casimir Free Energy of Metallic Films: New Way to Discriminate between Drude and Plasma Models"
[Abstract]
Galina Klimchitskaya (Pulkovo Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University) |
|
17:35-18:35 |
"Photon Torpedoes and QED Pinwheels: Theoretical Modeling of Novel Geometries in Non-Equilibrium Casimir Physics" (Tutorial)
[Abstract]
M. T. Homer Reid (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
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26 Apr (Tue)
|
Time |
Event |
Morning Session:
Chair: Daniel Lopez (Argonne National Laboratory) |
|
09:00-09:35 |
"Non-additivity of Molecule-surface van der Waals Potentials
from Force Measurements and Reconstruction of the Surface Holding
Potential" [Abstract]
Stefan Tautz (Forschungszentrum Jülich) |
|
09:35-10:10 |
"Precision Measurement of the Casimir Force in 2D Materials"
Umar Mohideen (University of California at Riverside) |
|
10:10-10:30 |
Coffee Break (Venue: IAS Lobby) |
|
10:30-11:05 |
"Van der Waals Interactions in Wetting, Adhesion, Adsorption and Friction Experiments"
[Abstract]
Karin Jacobs (Saarland University and INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials) |
|
11:05-11:40 |
"Forces beyond 2nd Order with Electromagnetic Response Theory"
[Abstract]
Carsten Henkel (University of Potsdam) |
|
11:40-12:30 |
Discussion "Stress Tensor for a Scalar Field in a Spatially Varying Background Potential: Divergences,
'Renormalization', Anomalies, and Casimir Forces"
[Abstract]
Leader: Kimball Milton (University of Oklahoma) |
| 12:30-13:40 |
Lunch (For registered participants only; Venue: G/F China Garden Restaurant) |
|
13:40-14:40 |
Free Discussion |
Afternoon Session:
Chair: Diego Dalvit (Los Alamos National Laboratory) |
|
14:40-15:05 |
"Casimir Forces from Conductive Silicon Carbide Surfaces"
[Abstract]
Mehdi Sedighi (University of Groningen) |
|
15:05-15:30 |
"Surface Plasmons for Doped Graphene at Zero and Finite Temperature
and the Casimir Effect"
[Abstract]
Irina Pirozhenko (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research) |
|
15:30-15:55 |
"Cryogenic Casimir Force Measurement with a Superconducting Torsion Balance"
[Abstract]
Christopher Collins (University of Birmingham) |
| 15:55-16:15 |
Group Photo and
Coffee Break (Venue: IAS Lobby) |
|
16:15-18:00 |
Poster Session (Venue: IAS Lobby)
[List of Posters] |
|
18:00 |
Dinner (By invitation only; Venue: Conference Lodge) |
|
19:30 |
Excursion (By invitation only) |
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27 Apr (Wed)
|
Time |
Event |
Morning Session:
Chair: Rudolf Podgornik (Jožef Stefan Institute) |
|
09:00-09:35 |
"Recent Development in the Differential Measurement of Subfemtonewton Forces"
[Abstract]
Ricardo Decca (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) |
|
09:35-10:10 |
"Utilizing Casimir-Polder Forces of Nanophotonic Structures for Atomic Trapping"
[Abstract]
Darrick Chang (Institut de Ciències Fotòniques) |
|
10:10-10:30 |
Coffee Break (Venue: IAS Lobby) |
|
10:30-11:05 |
"Fluctuation Phenomena in Novel Systems at the Nanoscale"
[Abstract]
Lilia Woods (University of South Florida) |
|
11:05-11:40 |
"Non-equilibrium Casimir-Lifshitz Force between Gratings"
[Abstract]
Brahim Guizal (University of Montpellier) |
|
11:40-12:30 |
Discussion: "Connection between Lifshitz Theory and Correlation Energy Theories from Solid State Physics and Quantum Chemistry: vdW-bound 2D Layers and Layered Solids as a Case Study"
[Abstract]
Leader: John Dobson (Griffith University) |
| 12:30-13:40 |
Lunch (For registered participants only; Venue: Conference Lodge) |
|
13:40-14:40 |
Free Discussion |
Afternoon Session:
Chair: Lilia Woods (University of South Florida) |
|
14:40-15:05 |
"Measurement of Casimir Forces between Silicon Nanostructures Fabricated Using Electron Beam Lithography"
[Abstract]
Ho Bun Chan (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
|
15:05-15:30 |
"Experimental Test of the Entanglement of Radiation Generated by the Dynamical Casimir Effect"
[Abstract]
Ben Schneider (Chalmers University of Technology) |
|
15:30-15:55 |
"Unified Boundary Conditions and Casimir Forces for Fields with
Arbitrary Spin"
[Abstract]
Robert Bennett (Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg) |
| 15:55-16:15 |
Coffee Break (Venue: IAS Lobby) |
|
16:15-18:00 |
Poster Session (Venue: IAS Lobby)
[List of Posters] |
|
18:15 |
Dinner (By invitation only and transport provided; Venue: Sai Kung) |
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28 Apr (Thu)
|
Time |
Event |
Morning Session:
Chair: Stefan Scheel (University of Rostock) |
|
09:00-09:35 |
"Towards Casimir Force Measurements with Optical Tweezers"
[Abstract]
Paulo Maia Neto (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) |
|
09:35-10:10 |
"Nonadditivity of Critical Casimir Forces"
[Abstract]
Andrea Gambassi (International School for Advanced Studies, SISSA) |
|
10:10-10:30 |
Coffee Break (Venue: IAS Lobby) |
|
10:30-11:05 |
"Spectroscopic Measurements of the Casimir-Polder Interaction with Atoms and Molecules"
[Abstract]
Athanasios Laliotis (University of Paris 13) |
|
11:05-11:40 |
"New Features of the Casimir Force for Magnetic Materials and Graphene"
[Abstract]
Vladimir Mostepanenko (Pulkovo Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University) |
|
11:40-12:30 |
Discussion: Casimir Force and the Universe
[Abstract]
Leader: Emilio Elizalde (Institute of Space Sciences, ICE-CSIC) |
| 12:30-13:40 |
Lunch (For registered participants only; Venue: Conference Lodge) |
|
13:40-14:40 |
Free Discussion |
Afternoon Session:
Chair: George Palasantzas (University of Groningen) |
|
14:40-15:05 |
"An Update on Casimir Physics in Amsterdam"
[Abstract]
René Sedmik (VU University Amsterdam) |
|
15:05-15:30 |
"Renormalizing Casimir Forces in Inhomogeneous Media"
[Abstract]
Itay Griniasty (Weizmann Institute of Science) |
|
15:30-15:55 |
"Medium-assisted Casimir–Polder Interaction between Chiral Molecules"
[Abstract]
Pablo Barcellona (Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg) |
| 15:55-16:15 |
Coffee Break (Venue: IAS Lobby) |
|
16:15-16:50 |
"Dipole Waves and van der Waals Interactions at the Nanoscale"
[Abstract]
Alexandre Tkatchenko (University of Luxembourg) |
|
16:50-17:25 |
"Casimir Friction"
[Abstract]
Iver Brevik (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) |
|
17:25-18:00 |
"Zero-point Forces in Electronic Circuits: Alternative Route to Measuring Casimir Phenomena?"
[Abstract]
Efi Shahmoon (Harvard University)
|
|
18:00 |
Closing Remarks |
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