Fwd: Conference on: Schrödinger Cats - the quest to find the edge of the quantum world: Dec 2024 Okinawa Japan
Paulo A. Nussenzveig
Begin forwarded message:
From: Jason Twamley <jason....@oist.jp>
Date: May 1, 2024 at 3:56:20 AM EDT
To: Jason Twamley <jason....@oist.jp>
Subject: Conference on: Schrödinger Cats - the quest to find the edge of the quantum world: Dec 2024 Okinawa Japan
Dear Colleague
I apologize for the email but I bring to your attention a conference we are organising. Please circulate to your colleagues.
Schrodinger Cats - the quest to find the edge of the quantum world
The generation of macroscopic quantum superpositions of massive objects have fascinated scientists since Schrodinger but scientific developments now promise that such superpositions may become possible in the very near future. This meeting will focus on the science of macroscopic quantum superpositions - or more commonly known as Schrodinger Cats. In the 1930s Erwin Schrodinger made a thought experiment to test the boundaries of quantum mechanics. He asked if it could be possible, not only in principle, but also in practice, to make a quantum superposition of a large-massive object (in his case a cat), in two very different positions. As far as we know - this should be possible - but extremely challenging experimentally. If one can even achieve this for nanometer (or larger), sized particles one opens the possibility of tackling many fundamental questions e.g. how does quantum interact with gravity, is there some other addition to quantum mechanics which prevents the formation of such large-massive quantum superpositions? Can such massive superpositions be used for ultrasensitive sensors. This meeting will bring experimentalists and theorists together to discuss recent science (experiment and theory), towards generating such quantum superpositions.
VENUE and DATES: The meeting will be held from Monday Dec 9 2024-Friday Dec 13 2024
The venue will be at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan (www.oist.jp)
SCOPE and SIZE:
The meeting will have approx. 18 invited speakers, 25 contributed speakers and approx. 20 additional attendees from all over the world.
This meeting is also supported by Levinet which is a global consortium of universities and researchers focused on the science and technology of levitated objects https://www.levinet.org/
Registration Deadline is Friday July 28th.
There is a small registration fee: 25,000 JPY or ~150 Euros or ~160 USD.
We cover the local accommodation of students.
So please register well before the deadline.
Yours Sincerely
Organising Committee:
Jason Twamley, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Maria Fuwa, Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan
Yosuke Minowa, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Kentaro Somyia & Kiyotaka Aikawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Bill Munro, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Sougato Bose, University College London, UK
Prof Jason Twamley
Professor, Quantum Machines Unit
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
Okinawa, Japan
https://groups.oist.jp/qmech/jason-twamley
