Department of Physics
It is well known that black holes with masses of order million to billion solar masses inhabit the centres of most if not all galaxies. Such black holes may intermittently accrete material from…
Quantum Field Theories (QFTs) defined on anti-de Sitter (AdS) space have far reaching applications. The AdS/CFT correspondence is a duality between the QFT defined on the bulk of AdS and…
Daniel Hook (Washington University and Imperial College) | PT-Symmetric Classical Mechanics |Abstract:PT-Symmetric Classical Mechanics (PTCM) has been around almost as long as PTQM, however, it has not gained nearly the…
Nicholas S. Manton (University of Cambridge) | Skyrmions, Topology and Instantons |Abstract:I will review the Skyrme model, and how Skyrmions are used to model nucleons and nuclei. I will then discuss…
Alex Retzker (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) | Frequency Estimation and Resolution at the Nano-Scale |Abstract:Quantum sensing is an important tool for estimating various parameters at the nano- scale. Of…
Erez Braun (Technion) | Control of animal morphogenesis by external electric fields |Abstract:The current picture of animal morphogenesis- the emergence of form and function in a developing animal, relies on biochemical…
Shahaf S. Asban (University of California, Irvine) | Quantum inference: unravelling “which pathway?” information |Abstract:Quantum systems are remarkably sensitive to changes in their environment. This renders them extraordinary probes for sensing…
Oded Agam (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) | The dynamics of living cells from the viewpoint of a statistical physicist |Abstract:Deciphering the cellular metabolic network is, perhaps, the most prominent objective of cell biology.…
Yosi Avron (Technion) | Shor in Shorts |Abstract:I shall give an elementary introduction to the Peter Shor algorithm for factoring. Quantum magic allows one to find the period of a periodic function,…
Saleem Zaroubi (the Open University, Israel, and the University of Groningen, the Netherlands) | From Darkness unto Light: A Cosmic Odyssey |Abstract:During the first billion years of its history, our…
