Nonlinear Physics at the Nanoscale: A Cross-Fertilization on Stochastic Methods

Datum

12.05.2014

Zeit

09:00 - 18:00

Sprecher

Joachim Brand, Sergej Flach, Peter Schwerdtfeger

Zugehörigkeit

NZIAS, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand

Serie

MPI-PKS Workshops, Seminare und Konferenzen

Sprache

en

Hauptthema

Physik

Andere Themen

Physik

Host

Mandy Lochar

Beschreibung

Complex systems evolve according to the laws of nonlinear dynamics. Many prominent examples include physical, biological, and engineering systems. While nonlinear dynamics and its quantum counterpart have been extensively studied for systems with few degrees of freedom, the situation is dramatically different both for many degrees of freedom, and for the border between classical and quantum worlds. The mastering of the dynamics of nanoscale systems with many degrees of freedom becomes therefore a frontier of modern science, boosted by the advance of nanofabrication technology and precise measurement of bio-systems at the nanoscale. The idea of the tandem workshops is to bring together researchers from several fields of quantum physics, biology, engineering and applied mathematics interested in the nonlinear dynamics of nanoscale systems. These studies focus among other on I) physical systems including: ultracold gases, polaritons, Josephson junction networks, cold atoms, nano-electro-mechanical systems, and quantum optics, II) biological systems, e.g. including auditory transduction of insects, vertebrate, and criticality in biological systems, III) mathematical methods and concepts in the general theory of complex systems including mode interaction, many body interaction, bifurcations, and neural dynamics. The worldwide rush into nano-science induced the need to master the essential dynamical features of systems at the nanoscale. This knowledge is necessary for predicting and controlling such systems, which more and more often become central elements of modern technologies. Although several fields of nanoscience recently enjoyed substantial progress general principles of the nonlinear dynamics at nanoscale are yet to be established. The tandem workshops aim to close this gap and work out such unifying principles. They focus on the manifestations of the nonlinear dynamics in various emerging fields of research. The program is initiated for four years (2014-2017) in order to conduct exploratory workshops and seminars in Auckland and Dresden on current topics in the field of Nonlinear Physics at the Nanoscale. The Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden (MPIPKS) has an established 20 years activity record. It is a world’s leading centre for the Physics of Complex Systems in diverse areas as the physics of atoms, molecules, condensed matter, and biological systems. It hosts up to twenty workshops and seminars annually, which attract nearly fifteen hundred visitors from all around the world. The Institute provides an ideal venue for the exchange of ideas among senior scientists, young researchers and students. The New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study (NZIAS) in Auckland is a young research institute of Massey University (MU), which was founded five years ago on MU’s newly created and quickly growing Auckland campus. It aspires to be a leading centre for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry in the sciences (mathematics, physics, biology). It encourages and supports fundamental scholarship by its professoriate and young scholars, and is characterised by interdisciplinary clusters of elite scholars with the ambition and capability to lead New Zealand's cultivation and generation of knowledge. It is aiming to build a reference space for creative and strong interacting workshops and seminars.

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