9am - 5pm BST

Wednesday 21 June 2023

Quantum-classical interface in closed and open systems

Free

Room 32 MS 01
University of Surrey
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7XH

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All prospective participants are kindly requested to register to the event by emailing one of the organisers. The event is in-person only (see Google map for location). No fees apply. We welcome submissions of poster abstracts.

Overview

The quantum-classical interface has always posed challenging problems in fundamental physics, with implications in a variety of different contexts, from thermodynamics to condensed matter systems, and the theory of gravity. Different manifestations of phenomena at this interface occur in both closed and open systems, which are studied by fully quantum and, in some cases, hybrid quantum-classical descriptions.

Within the project network Quantum Biology and the Arrow of Time, we are pleased to announce a one-day international meeting on the topic of “quantum-classical interface in closed and open systems”. This meeting is meant to bring together experts working on open quantum systems, hybrid quantum-classical systems, and related topics from different perspectives.

Invited speakers

Dorje Brody (University of Surrey, UK)
Lajos Diósi (Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, HU)
Rosario Lo Franco (University of Palermo, IT)
Giovanni Manfredi (CNRS and University of Strasbourg, FR)
Ahsan Nazir (University of Manchester, UK)
Marcel Reginatto (National Metrology Institute, Braunschweig, DE).

Quantum-classical interface in closed and open systems workshop

Programme

Time	Activity
9am	Coffee and welcome
9:30am – 10am	Lajos Diosi (Budapest, HU) Hybrid dynamics of a quantum and a canonical classical subsystem (PDF)
10am – 10:10am	Questions
10:10am – 10:40am	Rosario Lo Franco (Palermo, IT) *General robust preparation of maximally entangled states via identical particle interferometry* (PDF)
10:40am – 10:50am	Questions
10:50am – 11:10am	Coffee break
11:10am – 11:40am	Marcel Reginatto (Braunschweig, DE) *On connections between three different models of hybrid quantum-classical systems* (PDF)
11:40am – 11:50am	Questions
11:50am – 12:30pm	Round table
12:30pm – 2pm	Lunch break, coffee, poster viewing
2pm – 2:30pm	Giovanni Manfredi (Strasbourg, FR) *Quantum control of gravitationally-bound ultracold neutrons* (PDF)
2:30pm – 2:40pm	Questions
2:40pm – 3:10pm	Ahsan Nazir (Manchester, UK) *Quantum work statistics at strong reservoir coupling* (PDF)
3:10pm – 3:20pm	Questions
3:20pm – 3:40pm	Break
3:40pm – 4:10pm	Dorje Brody (Surrey, UK) *A Hilbert space approach to cognitive psychology* (PDF) (Special Templeton Talk)
4:10pm – 4:20pm	Questions
4:20pm – 5pm	Round table and closing

Poster session

Paul Bergold and Cesare Tronci (Surrey)

Simulating Mixed Quantum-Classical Dynamics Using the Koopmon Method.

Lester Buxton, Marc-Thomas Russo, Jim Al-Khalili, Andrea Rocco (Surrey)

Quantum Brownian Motion in the Caldeira-Leggett Model with a Damped Environment

Adam Burgess (Surrey), Marian Florescu (Surrey), and Dominic M. Rouse (Glasgow)

Optical polaron assisted energy transport in biomolecular systems.

Robson Christie and Eva-Maria Graefe (Imperial College London)

Modified Caldeira-Leggett Oscillator Dynamics at Low Temperatures.

Thomas Guff and Andrea Rocco (Surrey)

Time reversal symmetry in open classical and quantum systems.

Jesus Rubio Jimenez (Surrey)

Quantum scale metrology: measuring the lifetime of a mixed state.

Louie Slocombe, Max Winokan, Jim Al-Khalili, Marco Sacchi (Surrey)

Quantum Tunnelling Effects in the Guanine-Thymine Wobble Misincorporation via Tautomerism