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Intro/Synopsis
Schedule
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Please note that his schedule is subject to modification,
depending on how things develop during the meeting. Extra
discussion sessions may well be organized.
You can download both the PDF and DOC versions of this schedule.
SUNDAY, 16 AUG, 2015
| 18.00 |
RECEPTION
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| 19.30 |
DINNER
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MONDAY, 17 AUG, 2015
| 07.30 |
BREAKFAST
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| 08.20 |
Brief welcome and Information (videos)
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| 08.30 |
M ASPELMEYER |
Quantum control of levitated massive mechanical systems: a new
approach for gravitational quantum physics (slides, videos) |
| 09.10 |
E ADELBERGER |
Lab tests of gravity & probes for ultra-weak forces (slides,videos) |
| 09.50 |
30 min Discussion session (videos)
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| 10.20 |
BREAK
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| 10.40 |
PCE STAMP |
The Correlated Worldline Theory of Quantum Gravity (slides,videos) |
| 11.20 |
B-L HU |
Gravitational Cat States (slides,videos) |
| 12.00 |
30 min Discussion session (videos)
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| 12.30 |
LUNCH
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| 14.00 |
Y CHEN |
Testing QM and Gravity using low-frequency mechanical oscillators (slides,videos) |
| 14.40 |
O ROMERO-ISART |
Towards macroscopic quantum superpositions of levitated
superconducting sphere (slides,videos) |
| 15.20 |
30 min Discussion session (videos)
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| 15.50 |
BREAK
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| 16.00 |
RM WALD |
State vector reduction in Quantum Field Theory (slides ,videos) |
| 16.40 |
S GIDDINGS |
Black Holes & Fundamental Theory(videos) |
| 17.10 |
40 min Discussion session (videos)
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| 19.00 |
DINNER
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TUESDAY, 18 AUG, 2015
| 07.30 |
BREAKFAST
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| 08.30 |
A BASSI |
Wave function collapse & Gravity (slides,videos) |
| 09.10 |
S ADLER |
Is the physical metric a real number? (slides,videos) |
| 09.50 |
30 min Discussion session (videos)
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| 10.20 |
BREAK
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| 10.40 |
J HARTLE |
One bubble to rule them all (slides,videos) |
| 11.20 |
A BARVINSKY |
Cosmological initial conditions: new type of hill-top inflation from
CFT driven cosmology (slides,videos)
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| 12.00 |
30 min Discussion session (videos)
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| 12.30 |
LUNCH
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| 14.00 |
I PIKOVSKI |
Universal decoherence due to gravitational time dilation (slides,videos) |
| 14.40 |
C GOODING |
Bootstrapping time dilation decoherence (slides,videos) |
| 15.20 |
40 min Discussion session (videos)
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| 16.00 |
FREE AFTERNOON &/or BODEGA RIDGE HIKE
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| 19.00 |
WORKSHOP BANQUET
with a MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
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WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG, 2015
| 07.30 |
BREAKFAST
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| 08.30 |
J HOGAN |
Tests of gravity & the quantum superposition principle using atom
interferometry (slides,videos)
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| 09.10 |
H MUELLER |
Probing suppressed "5th forces" with atom interferometry (slides,videos) |
| 09.50 |
30 min Discussion session (videos)
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| 10.20 |
BREAK
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| 10.40 |
JF DONOGHUE |
Infrared Quantum Gravity (slides,videos) |
| 11.20 |
D LITIM |
Fixed Points of quantum gravity. (slides,videos) |
| 12.00 |
30 min Discussion session (videos)
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| 12.30 |
LUNCH
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| 14.00 |
C BURGESS |
EFT and gravitational response for dark vortices and other sources (slides,videos) |
| 14.40 |
T SOTIRIOU |
Lorentz violations, causality, and black holes (slides,videos) |
| 15.20 |
40 min Discussion session (videos)
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| 16.00 |
FREE AFTERNOON
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| 19.00 |
DINNER
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THURSDAY, 20 AUG, 2015
| 07.30 |
BREAKFAST
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| 08.30 |
S-P MIAO |
Electrodynamic effects of inflationary gravitons (slides,videos) |
| 09.10 |
R WOODARD |
A quantum gravitational model for inflation (slides,videos) |
| 09.50 |
30 min Discussion session (videos)
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| 10.20 |
BREAK
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| 10.40 |
S CARLIP |
Gravitational microlensing and vacuum fluctuations (slides,videos) |
| 11.20 |
R JACKIW |
A new paradigm for Quantum spontaneous symmetry breaking? (slides,videos) |
| 12.00 |
Extended Discussion session (1 hr) (videos)
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| 13.00 |
LUNCH
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| 14.30 |
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
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| 17.00 |
DINNER
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