Strong Correlations and Disorder: Modern Aspects of Condensed Matter Theory
Dates
25 and 26 April 2002
Venues
Main Venue: Lehmann lecture hall in Building 30.22, South Campus, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT)
Others: Gaede lecture hall in Building 30.22 (physics colloquium), Gastdozentenhaus Heinrich Hertz in Building 01.52 (reception and banquet)
Conference Proceedings
The conference proceedings will be published in the February 2002 issue of the Journal of Low Temperature Physics.
Pictures
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Thursday, April 25, 2002 (Lehmann Lecture Hall)
12:00 Registration and welcome snack
12:45 Welcome J. Kroha
Prof. Dr. C. Klingshirn, Dekan
Session I Chairman: Prof. Dr. E. Müller-Hartmann
13:10 Prof. Dr. P. Fulde, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik Komplexer Systeme, Dresden
Wave Function Methods in Electronic Structure Theory
13:45 Prof. Dr. D. Vollhardt, Institut für Theoretische Physik II, Universität Augsburg
Realistic Modelling of Materials with Strongly Correlated Electrons
14:20 Coffee Break
Session II Chairman: Prof. Dr. C. Soukoulis
14:50 Prof. Dr. K. Muttalib, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.
Distribution of Conductances in Disordered Conductors: Can We Go beyond Quasi-one Dimension?
15:25 Priv.-Doz. Dr. A. Mirlin, Institut für Nanotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
Ballistic Mesoscopics: From Random Magnetic Field to Quantum Chaos
16:00 Coffee Break
16:30 Prof. Dr. R.N. Bhatt, Princeton University, NJ, U.S.A.
Rare Fluctuation Effects in Highly Disordered Electronic and Magnetic Systems
17:05 Prof. Dr. O. Entin-Wohlman, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Adiabatic Quantum Pumping
17:40 Prof. Dr. A. Ruckenstein, Rutgers University, NJ, U.S.A.
From Genetic Networks to Fermi Functions
18:15 End of Session
Friday, April 26, 2002 (Lehmann Lecture Hall)
Session III Chairman: Prof. Dr. H. Keiter
09:00 Prof. Dr. F. Wegner, Universität Heidelberg
Possible Phases of the Hubbard Model
09:35 Priv.-Doz. Dr. J. Kroha, Institut für Theorie der Kondensierten Materie, Universität Karlsruhe
With Diagrammatics towards Strong Coupling
10:10 Coffee Break
10:40 Prof. Dr. C.M. Varma, AT&T; Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, U.S.A.
Time Reversal Symmetry Breaking in the Normal Phase of the Cuprates
11:15 Prof. Dr. T. Kopp, Universität Augsburg
Spin Excitations in Low-dimensional Cuprates
11:50 Lunch Break
Session IV Chairman: Prof. Dr. U. Eckern
14:00 Prof. Dr. G. Kotliar, Rutgers University, NJ, U.S.A.
The Mott Transition Problem and the Electronic Structure of Strongly Correlated Materials
14:35 Prof. Dr. B.L. Altshuler, Princeton University; NEC Research Institute, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
Zero-dimensional Fermi Liquid
15:10 Coffee Break
15:30 Prof. Dr. P.J. Hirschfeld, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.
Pi á la Node: Disordered d-wave Superconductors in Two Dimensions for the Random Masses
16:05 Prof. Dr. H. v. Löhneysen, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Karlsruhe
Metals at a Magnetic Instability
16:40 End of Session
17:15 Physics Colloquium (Gaede Lecture Hall)
Prof. Dr. C. Klingshirn, Dekan
Personal Remarks Prof. Dr. D. Vollhardt, Universität Augsburg
Prof. E. Abrahams, Rutgers University, NJ, U.S.A.
The Normal State of High-Tc Superconductors and Marginal Fermi Liquid
19:00 Reception (University Guest House "Heinrich Hertz")
20:00 Banquet for invited guests (University Guest House "Heinrich Hertz")